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 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？
• You will notice I am not addressing the paternal side of this issue only the maternal.
  你会注意到在这个问题上我不是站在父亲这边，仅站在母亲这边。
• 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。
• 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。
• If it is the network side issue, we need to optimize the mobile network; if it is the mobile terminal issue, we have to modify the terminal hardware, software and protocol stack.
  如果是网络端的问题，要对网络进行优化；如果是移动终端的，则要修改终端硬件，软件，协议栈等。
• The Cambodian issue is very definitely a side issue.
  柬埔寨问题肯定只是一个枝节问题。
• 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。
• 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 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。