问题是的英文：
the thing is

参考例句：

The racial discrimination issue is a political hot potato.
种族歧视问题是政治上的棘手问题.

A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.
在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。

The sixty-four-dollar question of the company is out of funds.
这家公司的关键问题是缺乏资金

The problem exists, and one simply cannot blink it away
这个问题是存在的,谁也回避不了。

Perhaps inflexibility is the greatest danger in budget
也许预算的最大问题是缺乏弹性。

It is insufficient to solve health problems within the borders of a nation.
光靠一国解决公共健康问题是不够的。

Another important issue is one of occlusion: near objects obscuring far objects.
另一个重要的问题是近距离的对象挡住了远距离的对象。

The problem was how to square such face saving with the demands of the law.
问题是如何既得保全面子，又符合法律要求。

Well, the thing is, it's not recorded on the tape.
噢，这问题是，它没有录在磁带上。

The plane problems and the torsion problem are standard fare in solution oriented books on elasticity
平面问题和扭转问题是弹性问题解法书中的标准内容。

thing是什么意思：
n. 东西；事物；衣物；财物；形势，情况；事业；家伙；事情

These things will happen.
这种事总要发生的。

These are things that were proposed as reasonable things to do.
这些被当作合理的事情提议出来。

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
榜样是影响他人的一样东西，但它不是主要的。

This is a vain and fleeting thing.
这是一种空虚的、转瞬即逝的东西。

It is stupid to do such a thing.
做这种事真蠢。