issue

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

Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships. 代理商們會提出明年世界錦標賽的獎金問題。

A key issue for higher education in the 1990s is the need for greater diversity of courses. 20世紀90年代高等教育的一個關鍵問題是需要使課程更加多樣化。

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. 要點

I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue. 我是掙著很多錢，但那不是問題的關鍵。

Do not draw it on the chart, however, as this will confuse the issue. 但是不要把它畫在圖表上，因爲這將使要點模糊不清。

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. (襍志或報刊的) 期

The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Scientific American. 這一日益嚴重的問題在最新一期的《科學美國人》上得到強調。

4. V-T If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly. 發表 (聲明); 發出 (警告)

Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations. 昨天晚上，他發表了一項聲明否認那些說法。

The government issued a warning that the strikers should end their action or face dismissal. 該政府發出了警告，罷工者們應停止他們的行動，否則將被免職。

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

On your appointment you will be issued with a written statement of particulars of employment. 你上任時會收到一份聘用細則的書麪材料。

6. N-UNCOUNT Issue is also a noun. 分發

...a standard army issue rifle. …一支標準的軍隊配發的步槍。

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

The problems of immigration were not the question at issue. 移民問題不在爭論之列。

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. 挑起對…的爭論

It seemed the Colonel had no desire to make an issue of the affair. 那位上校似乎不願挑起對此事的爭論。

9. PHRASE If you take issue with someone or something they said, you disagree with them, and start arguing about it. 對…持異議

I will not take issue with the fact that we have a recession. 我不會對我們經歷經濟衰退這一事實表示異議。

10. PHRASE If someone has issues with a particular aspect of their life, they have problems connected with it. 有…方麪的問題[oft PHR 'with/about' n]

Once you have issues with food, you're going to have them for the rest of your life. 一旦你在食物方麪有問題，你以後的生活中就一直會有這樣的問題。