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

• Don't divert the subject into a side issue.
  别把话题转向枝节问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• If someone is needing advice, always start by listening well and then offering the brightest side to their issue you can.
  如果有人正需要建议，记得从聆听开始，然后给予他们问题中你所能看到的最光明的方面。
• 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。
• He might be able to attract a few fans from his mother country by acting the way he is now, but soon, they will see the deeper side to the issue and turn their backs on him.
  或许通过在自己的国家扮演现在的角色，装可怜，可以吸引到一些FANS，但是这些FANS慢慢的会看到他隐藏的另外一面而背弃他。
• 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。
• On the other side of the issue are European nations, Japan, Australia and Canada, all of which tax people within their borders but exempt most expatriates and overseas subsidiaries from paying income taxes in their home countries.
  欧洲国家、日本、澳大利亚和加拿大属于另一个阵营，这些国家在本国境内向公民课税，但是它们对大多数外派人员和海外子公司，豁免了本国国内的所得税。
• The Cambodian issue is very definitely a side issue.
  柬埔寨问题肯定只是一个枝节问题。
• 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？