| 单词 | aphorism |
| 释义 | aphorism noun[C] uk/ˈæf.ə.rɪ.zəm/us/ˈæf.ɚ.ɪ.zəm/ashortcleversaying that isintendedtoexpressageneraltruth: 格言，警句OscarWilde wasfamousfor such aphorisms as "Experience is thenameeveryone gives totheirmistakes".诸如“经验者，乃所有人对其错误之雅称”这类的警句使得奥斯卡•王尔德闻名于世。 Linguistics: sentences & expressions
aphorism| American Dictionaryaphorism noun[C] us/ˈæf·əˌrɪz·əm/ashortsaying that isintendedtoexpressageneraltruth Examplesofaphorismaphorism Their studies provide elegant confirmation of theaphorismthat cells that fire together, wire together. From theCambridge English Corpus The text is sprinkled with general observations followed by simplistic aphorisms. From theCambridge English Corpus Thisaphorismis obscure as it makes clear neither the meaning of extreme diseases nor that of extreme diet. From theCambridge English Corpus There are few abstracts, no philosophizing other than the occasional cynicalaphorism. From theCambridge English Corpus He used aphorisms to experiment or "live through" propositions for living, but the life he envisioned was the life of the self-creating individual. From theCambridge English Corpus The brief space of this presentation lends itself to a narrative of aphorisms. From theCambridge English Corpus Like proverbs and aphorisms, gossip provides a valuable communicative code for the symbolic interaction that is taking place within the highly fragmented and segregated social worlds of the old. From theCambridge English Corpus Proverbs is a catalogue of 1,100 aphorisms, each tabulated as a set of translation equivalents. From theCambridge English Corpus Theaphorismthat every prescription is an experiment has particular application to older patients in whom the relationship between the oral dose and blood levels is more unpredictable. From theCambridge English Corpus The people possess a mass of words in their aphorisms, jokes, songs, stories, and riddles, and generally in their folklore, which philology should investigate and cultivate. From theCambridge English Corpus The aphorisms constantly bemoan how they attract, ensnare, and capture the minds of men, exert their control over them, take their money and subject them to others. From theCambridge English Corpus The essential point is that aphorisms are not aimed at informing the intellect, but at changing the will, at an emotional, affective awakening (or even ' conversion '). From theCambridge English Corpus Each story includes a finalaphorism. From theCambridge English Corpus He was full of memorable aphorisms. From theCambridge English Corpus We can all agree, but the question is: how is this attractiveaphorismto be converted into constructive policies? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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