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

• Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
  好格言是一切美德的胚芽。
• He was full of maxims for boys.
  他一肚子教训小伙子们的道德箴言。
• But this test, which must be based on pure, though practical, reason, can only be passed by maxims of the type that allows for analytic deduction.
  但是这个考验，建立的基础必须是纯粹，虽然是实践的理性，只有藉由考虑到分析推理的这种习性，它才能被传递。
• And Will it build goodwill and better friendship? are two of the maxims on its website and walls.
  在公司网站和办公室的墙壁上写有这样两条准则：这对有关各方都是公平的吗？，这有助于传播善意并增进友谊吗？
• "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。
• To seek to controvert these maxims of immediate knowledge is the last thing philosophers would think of.
  要反对这直接知识的原则恐怕是哲学家们很少想到的事。
• Therefore," vocabulary "should include idioms, proverbs, locutions, allegorical sayings and some quotations of famous figures ( maxims).
  所以“语汇”应该包括成语、谚语、惯用语、歇后语和部分名人名言（格言）。
• 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。
• Tennyson is quoted everywhere from books to episodes of the Simpsons, and some of his phrases have become commonly used maxims.
  从书籍到电视剧《辛普森一家》，随处可见丁尼生的语言。他的有些话已经成了格言。
• Maxims about debt that might be prudent for families can be the height of folly for governments.
  适用于家庭的债务格言，对政府而言可能是荒谬绝伦。