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

• Moreover, people who use their vast resources to acquire time on television do so to advocate their side of an issue.
  此外，人们还花大量时间在电视出镜上，以此来宣扬本派的观点。
• 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；
• 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。
• And the psychology, which has been applied to the research on diplomatic decision-making, shows tremendous analytical advantage in studying the subjective side of national security issue.
  而很早就应用于外交决策研究的心理学，在研究国家安全的主观方面也同样显示出巨大的分析优势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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？
• 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。