aphorism
发音
英 [ˈæfərɪzəm]
美 [ˈæfəˌrɪzəm]
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- n.
- 格言,警句
单词词源
aphorism 格言
前缀apo, 从, 从...离开,词源同ab-, 此处用于强调义。词根hor, 绑定,限制,见horizon, 视野,地平线。即规范言行的话语,最著名的当属aphorism of Hippocrates.
双语例句
- 1. It 's one thing to forget the past , with predictable consequences , as the favorite aphorism goes .
- 正如格言所说,放眼未来、忘记过去是一回事。
- 2. He quoted a chinese aphorism as he accepted the nomination on saturday , which he translated as , " together we work , together we progress . "
- 洪博培在上周六接受提名之际,引用了一条他喜欢的中文格言:“一起工作,一起进步。”
- 3. The goal of this theory is encapsulated in bentham 's aphorism that " the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation . "
- 这一理论的意义就深藏在边沁的一句格言中:道德与法律的根本在于大多数人的最大程度上的幸福。