English Dictionary

crux

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹʌks/

名詞

The basic, central, or essential point or feature. / The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point. / A puzzle or difficulty. / (climbing) The hardest point of a climb.

日本語の意味

核心：物事の基本的・本質的な部分や要点を指す。 / 本質：中心的または重要な特徴や意味合い。 / 転換点：問題の決定的な瞬間や、重要な変化が生じる局面。 / 難所：困難や挑戦のある部分。特に登攀においては、最も難しい箇所を意味する。

The crux of the argument was whether the data accurately represented the population.

議論の要点はデータが母集団を正確に表しているかどうかだった。

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

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.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(climbing) The hardest point of a climb.

the real crux of the climb was encountered

意味（5）

(heraldry) A cross on a coat of arms.

cruxes （ plural ）

cruces （ plural ）