aphorism
aphorism 英 [ˈæfərɪzəm] 美 [ˈæfəˌrɪzəm]
n. 格言；警句
名词复数:aphorisms
- Use the noun aphorism when you have something compact and astute to say, such as "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."
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- n. 格言；警句
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1. What’s the science behind this old aphorism?
这句古老的格言背后有什么样的科学依据呢？
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2. That's more than a folksy aphorism when it comes to infectious diseases.
对于传染疾病而言，这句格言可就不仅仅是一句民间习语了。
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3. "Half the game is 90 percent mental," Yogi Berra once said, or something like that, and science is now getting around to putting his aphorism to the test.
约吉·贝拉曾经说：“半场比赛是百分之九十的精神比赛（心理战），”或类似这样的话, 而科学目前正在寻找检验他的格言的时机。
- aphorism (n.) 1520s, "concise statement of a principle" (especially in reference to the "Aphorisms of Hippocrates"), from Middle French aphorisme (corrected from Old French aufforisme, 14c.), from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos "definition; short, pithy sentence," from aphorizein "to mark off, divide," from apo "from" (see apo-) + horizein "to bound" (see horizon).
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