1、issue
重要问题;议题;争论的问题
Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships.
经纪人将提出下年度世锦赛奖金的问题。
A key issue for higher education in the 1990's is the need for greater diversity of courses.
20 世纪 90 年代,高等教育的一个重要议题是要使课程更加多样化。
首要事项;要点;问题的要害
I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue.
我赚很多钱,但那不是最重要的。
She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich..
她点了份火鸡三明治,以此来避开这个重要问题。
发表;发布
Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations.
昨晚他发表声明否认那些指控。
The government issued a warning that the strikers should end their action or face dismissal.
政府发布了警告,要求罢工者停止行动,否则将被解雇。
2、outrage
使震怒;激怒
Many people have been outraged by some of the things that have been said.
其中的一些言论激怒了很多人。
Reports of torture and mass executions in Serbia's detention camps have outraged the world's religious leaders.
关于塞尔维亚拘留营里动用酷刑并大肆处决的报道令全世界的宗教领袖义愤填膺。
愤慨;义愤
The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups.
这一决定激起了妇女和人权组织的强烈愤慨。
The Treaty has failed to arouse genuine public outrage.
该协定并未真正激起公愤。