side issue

英 [ˈsaɪd ɪʃuː]

美 [ˈsaɪd ɪʃuː]

n.  次要问题

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 次要问题
  an issue that is less important than the main issue, and may take attention away from it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 次要问题;枝节问题
  Aside issueis an issue or subject that is not considered to be as important as the main one.
  1. I must forget these side issues and remember my mission.
     我必须忘掉这些枝节问题，记住我的使命。

双语例句

• I realized on which side of the issue I stood. Therefore, one's body knows the truth of one's existence, and the body knows the answers to all questions that one may have surrounding one's own predicament.
  我知道自己在这个问题上所采取的立因此，一个人的身体知道真相，身体知道你所在困境的所有问题的答案。
• This is all the more remarkable because it is not merely a statement of a side issue, but of the final goal of government.
  这是值得注意的，因为它不仅是一句关于枝节问题的话，而是政治的最后目标。
• The flip side of the issue is that our greatest moral obligation is to the living.
  另一方面我们最高尚的道德义务就是保护活着的人免遭痛苦。
• On the liability side, the central bank can issue its own debt or simply borrow from the banks.
  至于负债方面，央行可自行发债或直接从银行借入资金。
• He might be able to attract a few fans from his mother country by acting the way he is now, but soon, they will see the deeper side to the issue and turn their backs on him.
  或许通过在自己的国家扮演现在的角色，装可怜，可以吸引到一些FANS，但是这些FANS慢慢的会看到他隐藏的另外一面而背弃他。
• The topic of gender equitable education is one that for far too long has been relegated to a "side issue", and there are also some misunderstandings about it in society.
  摘要性别平等教育长期被视作教育中的次要问题，教育学界对此也存在不少误解。
• The Cambodian issue is very definitely a side issue.
  柬埔寨问题肯定只是一个枝节问题。
• Don't divert the subject into a side issue.
  别把话题转向枝节问题。
• The official said the US side continued to raise the issue to China and he believed that China was taking measures to resolve these issues.
  这位官员说，美国方面继续向中国提出这一问题，他相信中国也正在采取措施解决这些问题。
• Some others saw the positive side of the issue.
  还有一些人看到了这个问题的另一面。