key log

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.

日本語の意味

詰まりを引き起こしている木材の束の中で、取り除くことで全体の障害が解消される、決定的な役割を持つ丸太。

英語の意味

The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.

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If we pull out the key log from the river, the entire logjam will finally clear.

川から鍵となる丸太を取り除けば、全体の詰まりはついに解消されるでしょう。

詳細

意味（1）

The log which, if removed, would free up the whole logjam.

意味（2）

The key issue or problem, which if (re)solved, would make the current task easy to complete. The issue around which the whole problem revolves.

In a log jam, where everything is at cross-purposes, there is somewhere a key log causing the trouble. The key log in the educational jam is the department, and the things which have caused it to make so much trouble are narrow departmental ambition and excessive striving for reputation through the publication of research.

詳細

key logs （ plural ）