Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #20366
truism
自明之理;老生常谈
an obvious truth
- 1.
A self-evident or obvious truth.
不言而喻的真理
- 2.
an obvious truth
自明之理
- 3.
A banality or cliché.
陈词滥调
不言而喻的真理;自明之理;陈词滥调;众所周知;老生常谈;[法] 老生常谈
In use
It is a truism that regular exercise improves your health.
Many teachers repeat the truism that practice makes perfect.
The article begins with a familiar truism about time being money.
it is a truism that + clause
该句型中 that 从句是真正的主语,it 为形式主语,常用于引出公认的道理。
It is a truism that people fear the unknown.
人们害怕未知,这是老生常谈。
the truism that + clause
that 从句作 truism 的同位语,说明该常谈的具体内容。
We accept the truism that money does not buy happiness.
我们接受“金钱买不到幸福”这一老生常谈。
a truism about + noun phrase
truism 作可数名词,与 about 连用表示“关于某事的常谈”,常含贬义或轻视语气。
Connections
Collocations
- it is a truism that
- ……是自明之理
- It is a truism that nothing lasts forever.没有什么永恒不变是自明之理。
- an old truism
- 老生常谈;老话
- The old truism that honesty is the best policy still applies.诚实为上策这句老话依然适用。
- a familiar truism
- 人所共知的常理
- It's a familiar truism that laughter is the best medicine.笑是最好的药,这是人所共知的常理。
- a mere truism
- 不过是老生常谈
- His essay was dismissed as a mere truism.他的文章被斥为不过是老生常谈。
- repeat a truism
- 重复老生常谈
- She repeated the truism that practice makes perfect.她重复了熟能生巧这句老生常谈。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 true(真实)+ ism 连起来记:真实主义,即不言自明的道理,说多了就成了老生常谈。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:学术写作、正式演讲 truism 指显而易见的事实或老生常谈,通常多用于正式或书面语境,如学术写作、演讲或评论中;日常口语中相对少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
prism、criticism、racism、sexism 都以 -ism 结尾,读 /ɪzəm/,与 truism 的末尾 /ɪzəm/ 相同;但重音不在最后,所以与 truism 不构成整词押韵。cruise 和 bruise 拼写中有 ruis,与 truism 的 ruis 相同,但读成 /ruːz/(单音节),而 truism 的 rui 是 /ruːɪ/,注意区分。
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。
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