Word · Frequency #20541
aphorism
格言；警语
aphorism
- 1.
A concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.
某一知识领域的原则的简洁表达；公理、箴言
- 2.
a short pithy instructive saying
格言
- 3.
A concise or pithy, and memorable, expression of a general truth; a maxim, a saying.
简洁精辟、令人难忘的普遍真理表达；格言、谚语
某一知识领域的原则的简洁表达；公理、箴言；格言；简洁精辟、令人难忘的普遍真理表达；格言、谚语；警语
In use
My grandmother often quoted the aphorism that honesty is the best policy.
The book opens with an aphorism about the value of patience.
Some old aphorisms still guide the way people make decisions.
as the aphorism goes
常用在引用格言时，起引出作用。
As the old aphorism goes, “All that glitters is not gold.”
正如那句古老的格言所说：“闪光的不一定是金子。”
the aphorism that + clause
that 后接完整从句，说明格言的内容。
She quoted the aphorism that honesty is the best policy.
她引用了那句格言：诚实是上策。
an aphorism about sth
about 引出格言讨论的主题。
Connections
Collocations
- pithy aphorism
- 精辟的格言
- His speech was full of pithy aphorisms.他的演讲中满是精辟的格言。
- famous aphorism
- 名言；著名的格言
- “Less is more” is a famous aphorism.“少即是多”是一句名言。
- coin an aphorism
- 创作格言；提出警语
- The writer coined a memorable aphorism about creativity.这位作家创作了一句关于创造力的令人难忘的格言。
- quote an aphorism
- 引用格言
- She quoted an old aphorism to end her essay.她引用了一句古老的格言来结束文章。
- aphorism about
- 关于……的格言
- He shared an aphorism about patience.他分享了一句关于耐心的格言。
- ancient aphorism
Learner notes
Memory Tip
aphorism 听起来像 a-for-ism：一个为了某个道理（ism）而说的短句，就是格言、警语。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学评论、哲学写作、正式演讲 aphorism 是比较正式、书面化的词，多用于文学、哲学或演讲等场合；日常口语中更常说 saying 或 quote。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见单词与 aphorism 完全押韵。criticism、optimism、organism、baptism 都以 -ism 结尾，读作 /ɪzəm/，但重音位置不同，所以不构成押韵。注意 aphid 和 aphasia 虽然拼写以 aph- 开头，发音却分别读作 /ˈeɪfɪd/ 和 /əˈfeɪʒə/，与 aphorism 的 /ˈæfɝˌɪzəm/ 不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.