顶住点, 关键, 症结

[ noun ]
a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal
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Sticking \Stick"ing\,
a. & n. from {Stick}, v.

{Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.]


{Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains
fast; sticking point.

But screw your courage to the sticking place,
And we'll not fail. --Shak.

{Sticking plaster}, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds,
and for similar uses.

{Sticking point}. Same as {Sticking place}, above.