maxims是什么意思？

maxims

• n. 格言，座右铭( maxim的名词复数 )；

例句

• My fortune is pretty large; love, liberty, and pleasure are my maxims. 我广有财产, 我的主义是爱情 、 自由和快乐.
• Courts also draw freely on traditional maxims of construction. 法院也自由吸收传统的解释准则.
• There are variant formulations of some of the maxims. 有些准则有多种表达方式.
• Aesop's fables illustrate moral maxims. 伊索寓言阐明了道德准则.
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  信条;格言;箴言
  A maxim is a rule for good or sensible behaviour, especially one in the form of a saying.
  例句
  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”。