maxims

英 [ˈmæksɪmz]

美 [ˈmæksəmz]

n.  格言; 箴言; 座右铭
maxim的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 信条;格言;箴言
  Amaximis a rule for good or sensible behaviour, especially one in the form of a saying.
  1. I believe in the maxim 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
     我相信这样一条箴言：“不破不修”。

双语例句

• Think before you tweet is one of his maxims.
  在tweet前先想一想是他的座右铭之一。
• What are the four maxims of the CP?
  合作原则下属的四条准则是什么？
• It was one of father's maxims never to look a gift-horse in the mouth.
  父亲的箴言之一是决不对收到的礼物挑毛病。
• Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
  好格言是一切美德的胚芽。
• Witticisms, maxims, dicta, proverbs, and aphorisms each inhabit a different world.
  妙语、座右铭、名言、谚语及格言等各自展现不同领域。
• "The bigger they come, the harder they fall" was one of her favorite maxims.
  “爬得越高，摔得越重”是她最喜欢的格言之一。
• Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future.
  每个新年，我都使用几个老格言做为我的座右铭，以指导本人的未来。
• These maxims, without any statute giving them force or operation, frequently control the effect and nullify the language of wills.
  这些原则无需制定法赋予其效力或执行力，却能常常规制遗嘱的有效与无效。
• I was afraid of the bias of those worldly maxims, which she has been too much used to hear.
  我担心她听惯了那些世俗的伦理，难免会产生偏见。
• A proficient person wants to understand the wider context of their actions, and enjoys metaphor and maxims ( and their counterpart in anti-patterns).
  一个处在熟练期的人希望能理解？？？？，并且喜欢隐喻和格言（和一些对立的东西，但是是相辅相成的）。