English Dictionary

crux

/kɹʌks/

noun

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.

The crux of the matter is that we need more funding.

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.