Afghanistan, where the two countries fumble and fail to accommodate each other, will remain the crux of Pakistan's relations with America.

在阿富汗问题上，巴美两国处理不当而且调解失败，这将是巴美关系问题的症结所在。

That is the crux of the matter.

这是问题的关键。

She honestly didn't think what she was doing was any different than donating money for a library or athletic field. That's the crux of why she pleaded not guilty.

老实说，她并不认为自己所做的事情与捐钱建图书馆或运动有么不同。这就是她为么不认罪的关键。”

First, the crux of the matter is for students to pursue a subject that interests them.

第一，学生可以选择自己感兴趣的专业，这是最主要的。

But the crux of this learning is the believing part.

但这种学习方法的关键在于相信。

And this is kind of the crux of the matter.

这就是问题的关键所在。

Right. And this is actually really at the crux of the flare-up, really.

好。实际上这就是冲突爆发的关键所在。

Absolutely, and that's really the crux of this peace deal.

没错，这是这份和平协议的要。

And that is the crux of the problem, isn't it?

但这正是问题的关键，不是吗？

Is that the crux of the accusation there?

这就是这个指控的症结所在吗？

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler summarized the crux of their argument this way.

众议院司法委员会主席杰里·纳德勒概述了他们的核心论。

So, they're put at really kind of crux.

接着他们面临着一个难题。

In short, it couldn't tell him which path was the right path, and here lies the crux of the problem: we are searching for meaning outside of ourselves, for external reasons to support these difficult decisions.

总之，这不能告诉他哪条路是正确的，这就是问题的关键所在：我们在寻找自身之外的意义，寻找外部原因来支持我们做出这些困难的决定。

Always, though, the crux of the drama is found in the belly of the beast-the sea monster which, after all their rows and misadventures, swallows both Pinocchio and Geppetto.

然而，这部戏剧的关键部分总是在海怪的肚子那里——在匹诺曹和杰佩托经历了所有的争吵和不幸之后，海怪把他们二人吞入了腹中。

Today, drug overdose deaths in America are rising faster than ever, with 110,000 deaths in 2017, compared to 65,000 deaths in 2016, and opioid use is the crux of the problem.

如今，美国的药物过量死亡人数正以前所未有的速度在增长，2017年有11万人死亡，而2016年有6.5万人死亡。阿片类药物的使用是问题的症结所在。

I think the terrorist threats and criminal threats threaten their customers much more, being quite frank with you, and this is the crux of the issue.

我认为恐怖威胁及犯罪分子对人类的威胁更大，坦率而言，这才是问题的本质。

If you want to focus on only the most important part of a problem, you want to focus on the crux or core.

如果你只想关注问题最重要的部分，你就是想要关注问题的症结或核心。

Short-term rentals themselves are not the crux of the issue, said Keren Horn, an affordable housing policy expert at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

马萨诸塞大学波士分校的经济适用房政策专家凯伦·霍恩说，短期租赁本身并不是问题的症结所在。

And the crux of the matter is that that the structure of a high rise building is essentially indefinite.

问题的关键在于，高层建筑的结构基本上是不确定的。

Philip Roth turned a true story from 1985 into the crux of his book " The Human Stain" (2000).

菲利普·罗斯则将1985年发生的真实事件作为关键改编成了《人性污》一书，于2000年出版。