| 单词 | maxim |
| 释义 | maxim /mak"sim/, n. 1. an expression of a general truth or principle, esp. an aphoristic or sententious one: the maxims of La Rochefoucauld. 2. a principle or rule of conduct. [1400-50; late ME maxime << ML maxima (orig. in phrase maxima propositio axiom, lit., greatest proposition), n. use of fem. of L maximus, superl. of magnus great; see MUCH] Syn. 1. aphorism, saying, adage, apothegm. See proverb. |
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