| 单词 | bone of contention |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbone of contention (also dissension, discord, etc.) bone of contention (also dissension, discord, etc.) n. something that provokes disagreement or dispute; a source of discord. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > cause or subject of dissension questionc1384 matterc1390 strife1535 apple of discord1574 bone of contention1590 golden ball1609 1590 in Sir P. Sidney Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia ii. xxvi. f. 216 (chapter summary) Zelmanes confident attempt to appease the mutinie... A bone of diuision cast by her,..and caught by them. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 472 This became such a bone of dissention between these deere friends. 1606 W. Bradshaw Myld & Iust Def. Certeyne Arguments xvi. 144 That thes things are become bones of contention, is onely the fault of the Prelats. 1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 33 The Liturgie, since it was first Hatched, has been the Bone of Contention in England. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 517 A great bone of contention between Scindiah & Holkar. 1831 Times 12 Dec. 3/2 He had intended to propose something, but would not introduce any bone of dissension. 1912 Manitoba Free Press 10 June 10/2 The election of such an outspoken tariff reformer..still remains as a bone of discord in the party. 1935 Living Age Oct. 103 At present, the bone of dissension is the matter of establishing Asiatic bases for the Pan-American trans-Pacific line. 2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. 12 Dominus Iesus..has been a frequent bone of contention between the Vatican and Protestant churches. < as lemmas |
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