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maxim

美音:[´mæksəm ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´mæksəm ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.格言,座右铭

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maxim为短语/超纲词汇

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magn,maj,max=great(伟大的;壮大的)

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maxim


/'mæksɪm; `mæksɪm/
n saying that expresses a general truth or rule of conduct, eg `Waste not, want not' 箴言, 格言(如不浪费, 不穷困).

maxim


n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: maxime, from Latin maximus; MAXIMUM2]
a well-known phrase or saying, especially one that gives a rule for sensible behaviour
1. When work is a pleasure , life is joy ! When work is duty , life is slavery .(Maxim Gorky , Russian writer )
    工作是一种乐趣时,生活是一种享受!工作是一种义务时,生活则是一种苦役。(俄国作家 高尔基. M.)

2. "Look before you leap" is a maxim.
    "三思而后行"是句格言。

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