Aphorism
['æfərɪz(ə)m] or ['æfərɪzəm]
解释:
(n.) A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters.
整理:保罗
同义词及近义词：
n. Maxim, adage, proverb, saying, dictum, saw, apothegm, byword, sententious precept.
录入:欧文
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Adage, apothegm, maxim, saying, precept, rule, proverb
ANT:Lecture, exhortation, dissertation, disquisition
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解释:
n. a concise statement of a principle in any science: a brief pithy saying: an adage.—v.t. and v.i. Aph′orise to coin or use aphorisms.—ns. Aph′oriser; Aph′orist a writer of aphorisms.—adj. Aphoris′tic in the form of an aphorism.—adv. Aphorist′ically.
整理:昆廷
娱乐性解释：
n. Predigested wisdom.
手打:斯坦
例句:
- It was at this time, and under these circumstances, that I framed an aphorism which has already become celebrated. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- This aphorism meant that through science man is to control nature and turn her energies to the execution of his own ends. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It greatly helped them to have these points and aphorisms numbered. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
整理:朱莉安娜