1、issue

重要問題;議題;爭論的問題

Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships.

經紀人將提出下年度世錦賽獎金的問題。

A key issue for higher education in the 1990's is the need for greater diversity of courses.

20 世紀 90 年代,高等教育的一個重要議題是要使課程更加多樣化。

首要事項;要點;問題的要害

I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue.

我賺很多錢,但那不是最重要的。

She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich.

她點了份火雞三明治,以此來避開這個重要問題。

(報刊的)期,號,版次

The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Lancet.

最近一期的《柳葉刀》雜志中強調了這一日益嚴重的問題。

I read Germaine Greer's article in the March issue with particular interest.

我饒有興致地閱讀了杰曼·格里爾在三月那期發表的文章。

2、realize

認識到；意識到；了解

As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away.

我們剛意識到有什么不對勁就把孩子轉移了。

People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been.

人們沒有意識到這次經濟衰退事實上有多嚴重。

（希望、心愿或恐懼）實現，成為現實，發生

Straightaway our worst fears were realised.

我們最恐懼的事情一下發生了。

Those are our hopes; we are starting this clinical trial to investigate whether those hopes will be realised.

那些就是我們的希望；我們正在開展這些臨床試驗以調查那些希望是否可以實現。

實現;實施;實行

Various textile techniques will be explored to realise design possibilities.

將嘗試和探索紡織技巧來把這些設計變為現實。

The kaleidoscopic quality of the book is brilliantly realised on stage.

該書包羅萬象、精彩紛呈的特質在舞臺上得到了精彩再現。