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 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；
• 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）
• 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。
• Ms Johnson has also seen trusts that give complete discretion to the trustee with the sole ( and loose) dictum that the children need only be "productive members of society", whether that is stay-at-home mother, entrepreneur or research chemist.
  约翰森还看到，一些信托赋予托管人全面的自由，唯一（且宽松）的条件是子女仅需成为“社会的生产成员”，不管是全职妈妈、企业家还是化学研究员。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Watch sellers employ a logical Italian dictum: a well-dressed man owns at least three timepieces.
  手表经销商流传的一句义大利格言不无道理：穿著得体的男人至少拥有三块表。