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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was.
他解釋了什么是南十字座，或者更確切地說(shuō)，過(guò)去南十字座是什么。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Now we come to the crux of the matter .
現(xiàn)在我們來(lái)談問(wèn)題的癥結(jié)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Where does the crux lie?
結(jié)癥在哪里?
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. This is the crux of the matter.
這就是問(wèn)題的關(guān)鍵所在.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. He said the crux of the matter was economic policy.