maxim

英 ['mæksɪm]美 ['mæksɪm]
  • n. 格言；准则；座右铭
  • n. (Maxim)人名；(英、罗、俄、哈萨)马克西姆
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中文词源

maxim 格言，座右铭

来自拉丁语maxima,来自maximum的阴性格，-a,表阴性。即最重要的训导，引申词义格言，座右铭。

英文词源

maxim (n.)
"precept, principle," early 15c., from Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima, shortened from phrases such as maxima propositio, maxima sententarium "axiom," literally "greatest premise, greatest among propositions" (one which is general and absolute), from fem. of maximus "greatest" (see maximum).
Maxim
single-barreled water-cooled machine gun, 1885, named for inventor, U.S.-born British engineer Sir Hiram S. Maxim (1840-1916).

双语例句

1. Whenever I get the chance I go to Maxim's for dinner.
我一有机会便去马克西姆餐厅吃饭。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I believe in the maxim "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
我相信这样一条箴言：“不破不修”。
来自柯林斯例句
3. " Waste not, want not " is her favourite maxim.
“ 不浪费则不匮乏 ” 是她喜爱的格言.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Please lay the maxim to your heart.
请把此格言记在心里.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. " Par in parem imperium non habet " is an indisputable legal maxim in the world.
平等者之间无 统治权,这是国际上不容争辩的一项法律格言.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》