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

• Another Keynesian dictum "in the long run we are all dead" was an admonition against the irresponsibility of doing nothing if we obstinately rely on the self-correcting power of market forces.
  凯恩斯的另一条格言“长期来看，我们都会死亡”是对一味依赖市场的自我修正功能，什么事情都不做的不负责任态度的警告。
• If you want to extract some meaningful and beautiful lines, it will be better to buy a Extraction of Celebrated Dictum and keep it handy.
  如果要摘录隽语挂句，不如买一本现成的《名人名言录》放在手边。
• But we need to be reminded of the dictum of Keynes that "money will not manage itself".
  但我们需要谨记凯恩斯的格言：货币不会自我管理。
• Keynes 'dictum certainly holds true for Chinese reverse-merger companies with opaque financials: the market can remain irrational longer than your cash can hold out.
  凯恩斯的格言自然适用于财务不透明的中国借壳上市公司&市场维持非理性的时间可能长于你口袋里的现金能维持的时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• “ Pride comes before a fall ” is a famous dictum.
  “骄必败”乃至理名言。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；