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单词 side issue
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side issuen.

Brit. /ˈsʌɪd ˌɪʃ(j)uː/, /ˈsʌɪd ˌɪsjuː/, U.S. /ˈsaɪd ˌɪʃu/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: side n.1, issue n.
Etymology: < side n.1 + issue n.
A subject, problem, etc., that is related to but less important than the main issue; a secondary, tangential, or incidental issue.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > subsidiary
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sidebar1933
1838 Brit. Mag. Apr. 456 But it is not my wish to run astray on side issues.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma Pref. p. xxii To judge the creed by that method was a side issue.
1938 W. S. Maugham Summing Up 232 One of the reasons why current criticism is so useless is that it is done as a side-issue by creative writers.
1982 F. Davies Death of Hit-man ix. 151 Zio must be here for something far more important. Not just to kill Denton. That must have been a side-issue.
2014 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 2 Nov. The corruption isn't just a side issue, it's at the heart of the whole enterprise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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