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| /ˈɪsjuː/ |
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| 1 | C a subject that people discuss or argue about , especially relating to society , politics etc 议题；争论点；（尤指）社会（或政治等）问题 |
| It’ s a website devoted to environmental issues. 这是一个专门致力于环境问题的网站。 |
| contentious/controversial/thorny issue (=one that causes a lot of argument) Abortion is always a controversial issue. 有争议/引起争论/棘手的问题 |
| big/key/major issue Public education was one of the biggest issues in the election campaign. 公共教育是竞选运动中最重要的议题之一。 |
| raise an issue (=start to discuss it) The subject of cloning raises complex ethical issues. 提出（需讨论的）问题 |
| confuse/cloud/fudge the issue (=deal with a subject in a way that makes it less clear) The issue is confused to such an extent that people don’ t know which way to vote. 把问题搅浑 |
| | 1a | a problem that needs to be considered （值得关注的）问题 | | not be an issue The reliability of the statistics is not an issue. 该统计数字的可靠性是不成问题的。 | | +about/around There were issues about the way the department was organized. 关于这个部门的组建方式存在一些问题。 | | big issue A big issue in the region is that teachers are so underpaid. 该地区的一个重大问题是教师薪酬过低。 | |
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| 2 | C a magazine that is published at a particular time （期刊的）期，号 |
| The article appeared in the November issue. 这篇文章出现在11月那期中。 |
| These tips appeared in recent issues of The Practical Gardener. 这些小窍门刊登在最近几期的《实用园丁》中。 |
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| 3 | C a set of things, for example shares in a company , that are made available to people at a particular time （一批股份等成套物品的）发行，发布 |
| a share rights issue 一次股权股发行 |
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| 4 | U formal the act of officially giving something to someone 发放；颁发 |
| the issue of visitors’ permits 访客通行证的发放 |
| | 4a | something that is given to every member of a group 分发物；分配物；配给物 | | She was wearing the heavy black jacket that was standard police issue. 她穿着那件厚重的黑夹克衫，那是标准的警察装束。 | |
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| 5 | U legal someone’ s children 子女；后嗣 |
| He died without issue (=with no children) . 他死后无嗣。 |
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| - | at issue
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| the thing that is at issue is the most important aspect of a subject |
| 在争议中；在讨论中 |
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| What is at issue is the government’ s unwillingness to deal with the problem. 问题的焦点是政府对处理这个问题的不情愿态度。 |
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| - | make an issue of sth
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| to argue about something or treat it as important when it is not , especially when this annoys other people |
| 为某事争论；把某事小题大做 |
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| It seemed silly to make an issue of it. 为这个争论好像挺无聊的。 |
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| - | take issue with sth
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| to disagree with someone or disagree about something |
| 向某人提出异议；对某事提出异议 |
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| I must take issue with you on the question of teachers’ pay. 在老师的工资问题上，我必须向你提出异议。 |
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| - | have issues (with sth) mainly AMERICAN informal
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| to have problems dealing with something |
| （在某方面）有些问题，有些毛病 |
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| I still have issues with my weight. 我的体重还不理想。 |
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| Words frequently used with issue | | issue 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | address, cloud, complicate, confront, confuse, consider, dodge, duck, evade, examine, explore, fudge, raise, tackle, | 1 | | | |
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