英语词汇“quot homines tot sententiae”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

quot homines tot sententiae

/ˌkwɒt ˈhɒmɪneɪz ˌtɒt sɛnˈtɛntɪʌɪ/

noun

‘There are as many opinions as there are men’: expressing the fact that there is considerable diversity of opinion, and the difficulty of bringing about agreement.

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Taverner (?1505–1575), translator and evangelical reformer. From classical Latin quot hominēs tot sententiae there are as many opinions as there are men from quot how many + hominēs, plural of homō man + tot so many + sententiae, plural of sententia.

单词	quot homines tot sententiae
释义	quot homines tot sententiae /ˌkwɒt ˈhɒmɪneɪz ˌtɒt sɛnˈtɛntɪʌɪ/ noun ‘There are as many opinions as there are men’: expressing the fact that there is considerable diversity of opinion, and the difficulty of bringing about agreement. Origin Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Taverner (?1505–1575), translator and evangelical reformer. From classical Latin quot hominēs tot sententiae there are as many opinions as there are men from quot how many + hominēs, plural of homō man + tot so many + sententiae, plural of sententia.
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