Aphorism
['æfərɪz(ə)m] or ['æfərɪzəm]
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Maxim, adage, proverb, saying, dictum, saw, apothegm, byword, sententious precept.
錄入:欧文
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Adage, apothegm, maxim, saying, precept, rule, proverb
ANT:Lecture, exhortation, dissertation, disquisition
安布尔手打
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. Predigested wisdom.
手打:斯坦
例句/造句/用法:
- It was at this time, and under these circumstances, that I framed an aphorism which has already become celebrated. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- This aphorism meant that through science man is to control nature and turn her energies to the execution of his own ends. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It greatly helped them to have these points and aphorisms numbered. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
整理:朱莉安娜