dictum

英 [ˈdɪktəm]

美 [ˈdɪktəm]

n.  名言; 格言

复数：dicta　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

BNC.12484 / COCA.17196

牛津词典

noun

• 名言；格言
  a statement that expresses sth that people believe is always true or should be followed

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 名言;格言;箴言
  Adictumis a saying that describes an aspect of life in an interesting or wise way.
  1. ...the dictum that it is preferable to be roughly right than precisely wrong...
     有句格言说道，大致对总比完全错要好
  2. She reminded us of Barnum's dictum: You could sell anything to anybody if you marketed it right.
     她提醒我们想想巴纳姆的名言：如果营销得力，你可以把任何东西卖给任何人。
• N-COUNT 宣言;正式声明
  Adictumis a formal statement made by someone who has authority.
  1. ...Disraeli's dictum that the first priority of the government must be the health of the people.
     迪斯雷利的声明——政府必须把民众的健康当作第一要务

英英释义

noun

• an authoritative declaration
  Synonym:pronouncementsay-so
• an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
  Synonym:obiter dictum

双语例句

• His dictum always was,'if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well '.
  他的格言永远是：“当为之事，当尽力而为”。
• If you want to extract some meaningful and beautiful lines, it will be better to buy a Extraction of Celebrated Dictum and keep it handy.
  如果要摘录隽语挂句，不如买一本现成的《名人名言录》放在手边。
• There is a famous dictum with the enterprise management-The key factor of one enterprise success or failure depends on whether it can arouse the staff s power and wisdom, the vigor of enterprise comes from the attraction to the staff.
  在企业管理中有这样一条至理名言：一个企业成败的关键在于它能否激发职工的力量和才智，企业的活力来自企业对职工的吸引力。
• “ Pride comes before a fall ” is a famous dictum.
  “骄必败”乃至理名言。
• He cites Augustine's dictum that 'If you understand it, it is not God'( Joseph Sobran)
  他援引奥古斯丁的最后声明‘如果你了解它，它就不是神了’（约瑟夫·索布兰）
• Flat-dwellers shall indorse my dictum that theirs is the only true happiness.
  公寓生活是唯一真正的快乐，住公寓的人一定都赞成我的论断。
• Ever since, Webster's dictum has been regarded as a principle of international law.
  自此，韦伯斯特的正式声明就被遵为国际法原则。
• Yahoo managers are already starting to advocate for exceptions to the no-work-at-home dictum.
  雅虎经理们目前已经开始为不适用“坐班”规定的特殊情况奔走呼号。
• Corruption thus offers yet another confirmation of the dictum attributed to Thomas Jefferson that "the government is best which governs least."
  因此，腐败也从一个侧面证明了托马斯杰斐逊（thomasjefferson）的那句名言：“最好的政府就是管的最少的政府。”
• All's well that ends well is the dictum of unanimous common sense.
  “结果好就一切都好，”这是我们的常识一致公认的名言。