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

• The Cambodian issue is very definitely a side issue.
  柬埔寨问题肯定只是一个枝节问题。
• 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。
• If you try to FTP a file and it has the same size and file name on both the local and remote side, NcFTP will issue the following message
  如果试图传输一个文件，但是它在本地端和远程端有相同的大小和文件名，NcFTP会发出以下消息
• 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。
• The author concludes there are two primary reasons to cause the current living situation of migrants; on one side, the self-generated issue of migrant farm workers.
  笔者认为农民工居住现状主要是由于两方面的原因所造成的：一方面是由于农民工自身的原因。
• 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。
• Secondly, the lower creditworthiness level in underdeveloped areas is the demand side issue.
  第二，市场非完备地区农民信用水平低下是制约信贷健康发展的需求面因素；
• The first question to be resolved is the uniformity of machining allowance. As the mould whose machining allowance goes to the processing side, this issue can be solved by the orientation of workpieces.
  首先要解决汽车大型覆盖件模具加工余量的均匀性问题，对于加工余量偏向待加工型面一侧的模具，通过对工件定位可以使得该问题得到解决。
• 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。
• Many talented scholars were unable to maintain self-control, became over excited and wasted their energy on this side issue.
  它使许多才华横溢的学者感情激动，不能自制，在这个枝节问题上浪费大量精力。