每日一詞 646 sticking point：事情的癥結(jié)

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是sticking point。 Sticking point，指一件事情的癥結(jié)。"The school budget is expected to be the biggest sticking point at the town meeting," 學(xué)校預(yù)算估計是這次市民大會最棘手的問題。

《波士頓環(huán)球》報最大的工會跟資方達成臨時協(xié)議，延續(xù)了這份一百多年老報的生命。有報道說，"The Union agreed to changes in lifetime job guarantee provisions, which was a key sticking point during the negotiation," 工會同意修改終生工作保障的有關(guān)條款，這本來是談判中的一個主要癥結(jié)。好的，今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是sticking point...