今天我们要学的词是sticking point。 Sticking point，指一件事情的症结。"The school budget is expected to be the biggest sticking point at the town meeting," 学校预算估计是这次市民大会最棘手的问题。
《波士顿环球》报最大的工会跟资方达成临时协议，延续了这份一百多年老报的生命。有报道说，"The Union agreed to changes in lifetime job guarantee provisions, which was a key sticking point during the negotiation," 工会同意修改终生工作保障的有关条款，这本来是谈判中的一个主要症结。好的，今天我们学习的词是sticking point...
