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

• The company soon discovered the truth of Napoleon's dictum that one bad general is worth two good ones.
  该公司很快就发现了拿破仑的名言：一个不好的将军好于两个好将军的真理。
• Keynes 'dictum certainly holds true for Chinese reverse-merger companies with opaque financials: the market can remain irrational longer than your cash can hold out.
  凯恩斯的格言自然适用于财务不透明的中国借壳上市公司&市场维持非理性的时间可能长于你口袋里的现金能维持的时间。
• The situation in which the virtuous man stands is well summed up in Kant's dictum on the subject of moral freedom," I ought, therefore I can";
  关于有德之人的立场，康德在他论述道德自由时所说的“我应该，所以我能够”的名言，把它总结得很是妥当；
• Foolish dictum: In a team, a valuable team player must aspire to be leader.
  启示：愚蠢的格言&组织中的每个人，若想成为有价值的成员，必须立志成为领导。
• We're lying to ourselves, pretending we're at ease when we know we aren't, so, in the converse of Goethe's dictum, we don't have a clue how to live.
  我们在对自己撒谎，假装放松，其实我们自己知道没有，所以，和哥德的格言相反，我们对于如何生活毫无头绪。
• Her argument is compelling but seems at odds with another popular dictum on the topic published last summer.
  她的观点很有说服力，但似乎和去年夏天另一篇备受瞩目的同类文章意见相左。
• This programme completely ignores Keynes 'dictum that states must face crises with counter-measures to support demand.
  该计划完全无视凯恩斯的理论：即政府必须采取支持需求的对策以面对危机。
• The dictum that sovereign applications should fill the screen is also true of document windows within the application itself.
  独占应用应该占据整个屏幕这个原则对于程序内的文档窗口来说也成立。
• But in spite of the dictum of some philosophers man does not accept any arbitrary and absolute limit to his knowable world.
  但是尽管有哲学名言，人类仍然不承认个人对世界认知的武断性和绝对性。
• 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）