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    The crux is the most important part of a problem, a question, or an argument — the point everything else turns on. If you miss the crux, you can talk for an hour and still not touch what matters.

    The crux is the most important part of a problem, a question, or an argument一個問題、一個疑問，或一個論點裡最重要的部分 — the point everything else turns on也就是其他一切都繞著轉的那個點. If you miss the crux如果你抓不到crux, you can talk for an hour and still not touch what matters你可以講一個小時，還是碰不到重點

    People say the crux of the matter or the crux of the problem. It is a slightly formal, word; in everyday talk a student might say the main point or the real problem instead.

    People say the crux of the matter or the crux of the problem大家會說「the crux of the matter」或「the crux of the problem」. It is a slightly formal, bookish word這是個稍微正式、書卷氣的字; in everyday talk a student might say the main point or the real problem instead日常對話裡，學生可能會改說「the main point」或「the real problem」

    Though actually, English borrowed it from Latin, where crux meant a cross, the wooden frame used to kill people. The idea is that a hard question pins you the way a cross pins a body: you cannot slip round it.

    Though actually不過事實上, English borrowed it from Latin英文是從拉丁文借來這個字, where crux meant a cross拉丁文的crux指的是十字架, the wooden frame used to kill people那種用來處死人的木頭架子. The idea is that a hard question pins you the way a cross pins a body這個概念是說，一個難題釘住你的方式，就像十字架釘住身體一樣: you cannot slip round it你逃不掉、繞不過去

    Scientists also use Crux as the name of a small group of stars, the Southern Cross, but that is a name, not this sense. Here we mean the heart of a difficulty.

    Scientists also use Crux as the name of a small group of stars科學家也用Crux當作一小群星星的名字, the Southern Cross就是南十字星座, but that is a name, not this sense但那是個名稱，不是這裡講的這個意思. Here we mean the heart of a difficulty這裡我們指的是困難的核心所在

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組成Borrowed from Latin crux, a cross or wooden frame for execution, possibly from an old root meaning to turn or bend. It is a doublet of cross (and of an old word crouch meaning cross).

同家族的字

  • crossdoublet: both from Latin crux
  • crucialfrom the same Latin crux
  • crucifyfrom the same Latin crux

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Cruxname/kɹʌks/

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    astronomynatural-sciencesA distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

cruxnoun/kɹʌks/

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    The basic, central, or essential point or feature.

    • The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.
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    The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

    • The mad certitude of the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, that he stands at the crux of history and that he will be able to raise Prussia "to a higher power" (p. 180), contrasts sharply with the anxiety and doubt attendant upon most modern literary dreams.
    • The movie hits its dramatic crux an hour in, when Reality [Winner], at work at the contractor’s facility in Georgia, discovers what she deems a tragic scandal.
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    A puzzle or difficulty.

    • What I have advanced upon this species of verse will contribute to solve a poetical problem, thrown out by Dryden as a crux to his brethren
    • The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.
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    climbinghobbieslifestyleThe hardest point of a climb.

    • the real crux of the climb was encountered
    • The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.
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    governmentheraldryhobbiesA cross on a coat of arms.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。