英语释义

1. a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
Mother's favorite maxim was "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."

2. a proverbial saying
advised her daughter with the maxim "marry in haste, repent at leisure"

3. Sir Hiram Stevens 1840–1916 British (American-born) inventor

4. Hudson 1853–1927 brother of Hiram Maxim American inventor

5. a well-known phrase that expresses a general truth about life or a rule about behavior

6. a short saying (as “live and let live”) expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

片语

Delphic MaximsThe Delphic maxims are aphorisms said to have been given by the Greek god Apollo's Oracle of Delphi, so attributed to Apoll Some are said to have been attributed to The Seven Sages of Greece.

MAXIMS GENTING美星寓邸

aphorisms格言；警句（aphorism的复数）

Scophthlmus maxims大菱鲆

adages格言；[语] 谚语（adage的复数形式）

moral maxims道德原则

politeness maximsAccording to Geoffrey Leech, there is a politeness principle with conversational maxims similar to those formulated by Paul Grice. He lists six maxims: tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy.

violating maxims违反準则

Maxims Tower马西姆斯酒店

Maxims MX美心MX

pragmatic maxims语用原则

英汉例句

• And there is the same amount of contradiction in maxims as in proverbs.

  格言中自相矛盾的地方跟箴言一样多。

• But one of the bank「s maxims is that it has to be a big fish in a business, or not in it at all.

  但是银行有一句座右铭说到：在这个行业里要么成为老大，要么就不要进入。

• But uncomplicated maxims are not necessarily uncontroversial.

  不过，简单的格言也未必是没有争议的。

• But whether Gracian」s maxims are true or useful scarcely affects their value.

  但无论格雷西亚的格言是否真实有用，都无法掩盖其价值的光芒。

• WHETHER as an entrepreneur or as a philanthropist, Steve Killelea thinks the simplest maxims work best.

  无论是作为一个企业家，还是作为一个慈善家，史蒂夫·基勒利亚(SteveKillelea)都认为最简单的格言最有效用。

• Whether any ideal person will learn to rule the world by studying Gracian「s or any one else」s maxims is somewhat more doubtful, for reasons I have given above in discussing proverbs.

  任何理想的人，无论他是否将通过研究格雷西亚统或任何其他人的格言来学习如何统治世界，多少有点值得怀疑，其原因在我前面讨论箴言的时候已经说过了。

• He made lists of rules for his tradesmen「s club, of synonyms for being drunk, of maxims for matrimonial happiness and of reasons to choose an older woman as a mistress.

  他编制企业俱乐部规定的条文，排列醉酒的同义词，编辑婚姻幸福生活的话语，罗列为什么要娶一个老女人做老婆的理由。

• They use adaptable maxims to guide their decisions, rather than hard and fast rules.

  他们灵活采用行动準则来指导决策，而不是硬性规定。

• One of Warburg’s maxims was that bankers never got ill from overwork, but only from bad organisation or bad business.

  华宝的格言，其中一条就是，银行家不会因加班而累倒，只会倒在坏的组织和不良业务上。

• Here」s some of what they have learned, including maxims for singles: why opposites don't attract and honesty is not always the best policy.

  他们从中了解到为什么与人对立不能吸引人以及诚实并不是最好的策略，这也是单身的人的格言之一。

• The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed.

  来我这儿的年轻人总是希望听到一些令他们难忘的格言警句，不过我总是让他们失望。

• It is somewhat of a question, to my mind, how far Gracian was the author of the final form of the maxims as we have them in the Oraculo.

  在我看来这多少有点问题，格雷西亚走了多远而成为我们手中这本Oraculo书中格言的最终形式的创作者。

• These are 101 maxims on how to be your best self and reach your full potential in a society that forces you to conform.

  101句格言，是关于在这个让你循规蹈矩的社会中怎样做得最好和充分发挥自己的潜力。

• I have had maxims and verses flung at me all day and I can endure them no more.

  整天都有格言和诗句向我扔过来，我再也忍受不了啦！

相似词

adage格言，谚语；箴言

aphorism格言；警句

apothegm格言；箴言；警句

byword谚语，俗语；格言；笑柄

epigram警句；讽刺短诗；隽语

proverb谚语，格言；众所周知的人或事

saw锯；锯成；用锯；乱剪；拉锯似的来回移动

saying说（say 的现在分词形式）

sententia（常作 sententiae）格言；警句

word[语] 单词；话语；消息；诺言；命令