Pay, historically a big bone of contention, is the easier part to settle.

薪酬历来是争论焦，但现在是比较容易解决部分。

You might call it a bone of contention.

你可以称它为争议。

On balance, I hold the contention that exams are useful rather than harmful.

我认为，考试很有用。

But that refundable part is actually a point of contention.

但是可退回税款抵减制度是争论焦。

Komarov's remains are also a point of contention.

科马罗夫遗体也是争论焦。

This plants the seeds for what could be decades of mistrust and contention.

这为未来可能持续数十年不信任和争议埋下了伏笔。

It's been a big point of contention in the community.

这一直是社区争论焦。

The real bone of contention has been this issue of the $15 minimum wage.

争论真正焦是15美工资这个问题。

So when they are in contention for an Oscar, it means something deeper.

因此，当他们争夺奥斯卡奖时，这意味着更深层次东西。

So when they are in contention for an Oscar it means something deeper. It satisfies them in a way that money can't only.

他们在争夺奥斯卡奖时，在意是更深层次东西。这种东西能够满足他们，而金钱不能。

Look, you can take care of your bone of contention with Steve some other time.

你可以在其它时间跟斯蒂夫解决你们争执。

And I feel that no matter how long we debate this particular point of contention we're never going to reach an accord.

我想我们不论对这个问题争论多久，都不可能达成一致。

A bone of contention is the cause of a long-standing argument.

" a bone of contention" 是引发长期争论一个原因。

The bone of contention here is that narrow bottleneck. It's called the Kerch Strait.

该狭长地带是争论焦。这一地带名为刻赤海峡。

Critics say that the southwestern reserve offers the greatest protection to the offshore areas where commercial opportunities are fewest and where there is little threat to the environment, a contention also levelled at the Coral Sea plan.

批评人士称，西南沿海保护区为那些商业机会少、对环境几乎构不成威胁近海地区提供了大保护，这一批评意见同样也指向了珊瑚海计划。

Now, the point of contention here is not so much that past creatine data is wrong, but rather that the data commonly used a measurement that might not happen completely valid in measuring muscle growth.

这里争议并不是指过去肌酸研究数据是错误，而是这些数据使用了一种可能并不完全可靠测量方法来评估肌肉增长。

Yet 42 hours after the deal was struck, several big areas of contention remained unresolved and Mr. Trump appointed a veteran trade negotiator with deep skepticism toward China to lead the talks for the United States.

然而，协议达成42小时后，几大充满争议问题还是没有得到解决，特朗普却任命了一名对中国持严重怀疑态度资深贸易谈判代表代表美国主持与中方谈判。

My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.

我认为创造和文化知识在教育中占同样比重，所以这两方面我们应同等对待。

Starr claims: “Relative to the press in the United States, American broadcasting was more centralized, more subject to government control, less diverse, and less open to ideological contention.”

“相对于美国新闻界，美国广播更集中，受政府控制更多，多样性更少，更不容易接受意识形态争论。”

It was always the most practical way, but it wasn't necessarily the most beautiful way, and you could see this contention between my grandfather and my mother, going, " It works! "

他总是用实用方法，但不一定是漂亮方法，你可以看到我祖父和我母亲之间争论，“这有用！”