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 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。
• 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。
• Scholars are studying the duration of trade relations from the microcosmic side to solve this issue.
  为解决这个问题，许多学者开始进行国际贸易微观层面上对贸易关系持续时间的研究。
• 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。
• After years in which many Chinese dismissed concerns about air quality or counted smog as an inevitable side effect of development, the issue is now central to middle class concerns.
  多年以来，许多中国人并不在意空气质量引起的担忧，或认为雾霾是发展不可避免的副作用，而现在这一问题已成了中国中产阶层担心的焦点。
• 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。
• 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。
• Results show that side slip is the main issue of driving safety while the vehicles pass by the bridge pylons in strong wind conditions.
  研究结果表明：侧滑是行车安全性的主要问题，大跨度桥塔附近的侧风影响最为严重。
• I think that's rather a side issue, don't you?
  我认为这是比较次要的问题，你说是不是？
• 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。