crux

• n. 關鍵；難題；十字架形，坩堝

詞源同cross,十字，分叉。

crux (n.)

1814, "cross," from Latin crux "cross" (see cross (n.)). Figurative use for "a central difficulty," is older, from 1718; perhaps from Latin crux interpretum "a point in a text that is impossible to interpret," in which the literal sense is something like "crossroads of interpreters." Extended sense of "central point" is from 1888.

1. He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was.

他解釋了什麽是南十字座，或者更確切地說，過去南十字座是什麽。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Now we come to the crux of the matter .

現在我們來談問題的症結。

來自《權威詞典》

3. Where does the crux lie?

結症在哪裏?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. This is the crux of the matter.

這就是問題的關鍵所在.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He said the crux of the matter was economic policy.

他說問題的症結在於經濟政策。

來自辭典例句