trouble spot 1. 可能产生纠纷的地区，不安定地区 There are several trouble spots in that continent. 在那个大陆有几个纠纷迭发地区。 2. (机器等的)易出故障处 a trouble spot in a mechanism 机械内易出故障处 3. 问题之所在 A high level of unemployment was the chief domestic economic trouble spot. 失业率高是国内经济问题之症结所在。