| 词组 | at issue |
| 释义 | Idiom at issue 1. not decided. At issue is whether Linda broke state law by secretly taping conversations. 2. in disagreement. What is at issue is how the organization spends its money. at issue1. Under discussion. The topic at issue is whether or not to implement a new detention policy. 2. In disagreement. They are at issue over the best way to lead the committee. at issue1. In question, under discussion; also, to be decided. For example, Who will pay for the refreshments was the point at issue. [Early 1800s] 2. In conflict, in disagreement, as in Physicians are still at issue over the appropriate use of hormone therapy. This usage, from legal terminology, was defined by Sir William Blackstone ( Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1768), who said that when a point is affirmed by one side and denied by the other, "they are then said to be at issue." at ˈissuethe most important part of the subject that is being discussed: The point at issue here is his honesty, not the quality of his work.at issue1. In question; in dispute: "Many people fail to grasp what is really at issue here" (Gail Sheehy). 2. At variance; in disagreement. |
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