症结所在 meaning in English
the crux of the problemwhere the trouble lieswhere the shoe pinches
Examples
- This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty .
这种白白浪费时间的习惯是问题的症结所在。 - Personalities were not, however, the heart of china's domestic problem .
然而，个别的人物倒不是中国国内问题的症结所在。 - There was plenty of coal. the old workings could not get at it, that was all .
煤矿蕴藏相当丰富，但陈旧的作业面开采不到它，这便是问题的症结所在。 - I had traced the cause of the trouble . one of the links in the chain that drives the wheels had snapped .
我找到了毛病的症结所在：驱动轮的链条断了一环。