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

• 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。
• 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。
• His dictum always was,'if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well '.
  他的格言永远是：“当为之事，当尽力而为”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Corruption thus offers yet another confirmation of the dictum attributed to Thomas Jefferson that "the government is best which governs least."
  因此，腐败也从一个侧面证明了托马斯杰斐逊（thomasjefferson）的那句名言：“最好的政府就是管的最少的政府。”
• This statement, however, was only in dictum, and does not fall into the category of binding precedent.
  这份声明，但仅在判词中，不属于有约束力的先例。
• The modern monetary theory of the balance of payments has added an extra layer of assurance to hume's dictum.
  现代有关国际收支的货币理论对休漠的见解又增一层可信性。