aphorism

noun

1. 格言；警句
   a short phrase that says sth true or wise

1. N-COUNT 格言；警句
   An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
   1. 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' was one of his generation's favored aphorisms.
      “如果他们宣战却无人应战该怎么办？”是他那一代人钟爱的格言。

1. 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' was one of his generation's favored aphorisms.
   “如果他们宣战却无人应战该怎么办？”是他那一代人钟爱的格言。
2. It is an old aphorism.
   这是一句老格言。
3. This aphorism refers to the difficulty of staying clean in a corrupt culture.
   意思是说在一个腐败的文化里很难独善其身。
4. That's more than a folksy aphorism when it comes to infectious diseases.
   对于传染疾病而言，这句格言可就不仅仅是一句民间习语了。
5. "Half the game is90 percent mental," Yogi Berra once said, or something like that, and science is now getting around to putting his aphorism to the test.
   约吉·贝拉曾经说：“半场比赛是百分之九十的精神比赛（心理战），”或类似这样的话，而科学目前正在寻找检验他的格言的时机。
6. Personally, I tend to interpret his sprint legend with the conventional wisdom of the old aphorism: "A tool is only as powerful as its user."
   我则会将他的成就归因于那句谚语：“工具因它的使用者而强大。”
7. The aphorism: "It's not what is inside the head that is important, it's what the head is inside of", is supposed to capture that point.
   格言：「头脑里面有什麽并不重要，重要的是头脑在什麽里面。」颇能得其旨趣。
8. His speech torrential convincing argument, the aphorism repeat leaves, is recognized as the big orator who stands out.
   他的演说滔滔雄辩，警句迭出，被公认为出类拔萃的大演说家。
9. A barbed compliment; a biting aphorism; pungent satire.
   讽刺的赞扬；尖刻的警语作者；尖刻的讽刺。
10. It is always wise to apply the aphorism "Know Thyself" when it comes to practice.
    它总是明智的应用格言“认识你自己”当谈到做法。
11. Although he didn't usually care for that hoary aphorism, it now seemed to contain a miraculous solution to all his problems.
    这一句陈腐的话，虽然平时他并不喜欢，但这时候他却觉得它是解决这一切问题的妙法了！
12. What he hears becomes an aphorism still used today, if you build it he will come.
    他听见成为格言今天仍然使用，如果你要把他就会来。
13. It is a common aphorism that a woman usually has black magic or hidden weapon when she goes into battle.
    “女子上阵多邪术暗器”是常见警句。女将往往暗藏着神奇的宝贝兵器，以弥补性别劣势。
14. Famous aphorism is an important component of Chinese culture.
    名言警句是中华文化的重要组成部分。
15. He quoted a Chinese aphorism as he accepted the nomination on Saturday, which he translated as, "together we work, together we progress."
    洪博培在上周六接受提名之际，引用了一条他喜欢的中文格言：“一起工作，一起进步。”
16. One, the text part as a posthumous fragment and the other in the commentary part as a preparatory stage of an aphorism.
    极不同部分，一个作为遗后，部分，另一个在解释文本中，作为格言的准备阶段。
17. But his aphorism is about as good a one-sentence summary of classical feminism as you can get.
    他的这句名言是传统女权主义的绝佳总结。
18. It sounds great, but seldom can people do that because there is another aphorism," people's clamor can melt metals, while accumulated defamation wears the bones. "
    听起来真是潇洒，可是很少有人能够做到。这是因为老话还说，“众口铄金，积毁销骨。”
19. In fact, the old aphorism still holds true: Money can't buy you love.
    事实上，有一句老的格言仍然很有道理：金钱买不到真爱。
20. Better, as so often, to follow an aphorism of Warren Buffett's: invest only in businesses that an idiot can run, because sooner or later an idiot will.
    正如经常发生的那样，最好是遵从沃伦巴菲特（WarrenBuffett）的格言：只投资于笨蛋都能经营的企业，因为总有一天这些企业会落入笨蛋的手里。
21. This week, however, the pessimism behind that aphorism is due to be tested.
    本周，这句谚语背后的悲观情绪将受到考验。
22. School buildings, classrooms and workshops arranged portraits of famous scientists and scholars, fled the famous aphorism, or wrote inspiring slogans.
    教学楼、教室、和车间布置著名科学家和学者画像，悬挂著名的治学和教育的名言警语，书写催人奋进的标语。
23. Such "Lean Japan Tours" have been made by managers and educators since the1990's, applying the lean aphorism: "Go to the Gemba"( go to where the work is being done).
    这样的“日本精益之旅”由一些管理人士和教育家在二十世纪90年代发起，也是践行了精益的箴言“到现场去（GototheGenba）”，也就是前往工作真正得以完成的地方。
24. Of course, I was even more grateful to master; it was her aphorism that gave me the courage and strength to conquer my ego.
    当然，更感激师父透过甘露法语赐给我突破我执的勇气和力量。
25. In total, according to Mr Xiaojie, Chinese banks and companies are providing more than$ 4bn in credit lines and tied aid to Ethiopia, a figure that places Beijing among the country's foremost partners and which explains the aphorism.
    顾小杰称，中国银行和企业向埃塞俄比亚提供的信贷额度和限制性援助总额超过40亿美元，使中国成为埃塞俄比亚最重要的合作伙伴之一，这也解释了前文提到的格言。
26. It provides a corollary to the aphorism that those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it.
    这本书是忘记历史的人注定将重蹈覆辙这句格言的推论。
27. To question any of this is to reject the aphorism "Obedience is the only path to happiness," which here supercedes independent thought.
    任何问题，这是拒绝格言“服从是唯一的道路，以幸福”，这在这里取代独立思考。
28. But, even so, George Orwell's over-quoted aphorism that serious sport is war minus the shooting misses the most important point.
    但即便如此，乔治奥威尔（GeorgeOrwell）被反复引用的格言真正的体育竞技是一场没有硝烟的战争却忽略了最为重要的一点。
29. Ancient education aphorism was prosperous in China. Modern education aphorism was mature in Europe.
    古代教育格言兴盛于中国，近代教育格言成熟于欧洲，现代教育格言则引领于美国。
30. The education aphorism is precious resources in the treasure house of educational thought.
    教育格言是教育思想宝库中一份珍贵的资源。

noun

1. a short pithy instructive saying

   Synonym:    apothegmapophthegm