issue

1. N-COUNT An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing. 议题

Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships. 代理商们会提出明年世界锦标赛的奖金问题。

A key issue for higher education in the 1990s is the need for greater diversity of courses. 20世纪90年代高等教育的一个关键问题是需要使课程更加多样化。

2. N-SING If something is the issue, it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion. 要点

I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue. 我是挣着很多钱，但那不是问题的关键。

Do not draw it on the chart, however, as this will confuse the issue. 但是不要把它画在图表上，因为这将使要点模糊不清。

3. N-COUNT An issue of something such as a magazine or newspaper is the version of it that is published, for example, in a particular month or on a particular day. (杂志或报刊的) 期

The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Scientific American. 这一日益严重的问题在最新一期的《科学美国人》上得到强调。

4. V-T If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly. 发表 (声明); 发出 (警告)

Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations. 昨天晚上，他发表了一项声明否认那些说法。

The government issued a warning that the strikers should end their action or face dismissal. 该政府发出了警告，罢工者们应停止他们的行动，否则将被免职。

5. V-T If you are issued with something, it is officially given to you. 分发[usu passive]

On your appointment you will be issued with a written statement of particulars of employment. 你上任时会收到一份聘用细则的书面材料。

6. N-UNCOUNT Issue is also a noun. 分发

...a standard army issue rifle. …一支标准的军队配发的步枪。

7. PHRASE The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed. 争论中的

The problems of immigration were not the question at issue. 移民问题不在争论之列。

8. PHRASE If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it. 挑起对…的争论

It seemed the Colonel had no desire to make an issue of the affair. 那位上校似乎不愿挑起对此事的争论。

9. PHRASE If you take issue with someone or something they said, you disagree with them, and start arguing about it. 对…持异议

I will not take issue with the fact that we have a recession. 我不会对我们经历经济衰退这一事实表示异议。

10. PHRASE If someone has issues with a particular aspect of their life, they have problems connected with it. 有…方面的问题[oft PHR 'with/about' n]

Once you have issues with food, you're going to have them for the rest of your life. 一旦你在食物方面有问题，你以后的生活中就一直会有这样的问题。