truism

单词truism

基本解释

n.: 老生常谈；不言而喻的道理；自明之理
网络: 真理；不言自明的真理；真实性

权威解释

• 不言而喻的道理；自明之理；老生常谈:

  a statement that is clearly true and does not therefore add anything interesting or important to a discussion

英汉解释

• 不言而喻的道理;人人都懂得的事

• 陈词滥调,老套语

• 自明之理;明明白白的事情,起码的常识

词性分析

• 复数：truisms

同义词

n.axiommaximplatitudesaying

例句

• Of course, a truism can be a half-truth, and attractiveness is only part of what makes football compelling.

  当然，公认只不过是半个真理而已，它仅仅是帮助足球变得更有吸引力。

• If I were to say "Language is related to our total psycho-physical makeup, " I might seem to announce a truism in a priggish modern jargon.

  假如我曾说“语言与我们所有的心理-身理构成有关”，我或许就是在用自负的现代术语宣布一项公理。

• It is an old truism when dealing with this sort of investment that you should buy the best you can afford and buy only what you like.

  在处理此类投资时，有一个古老的真理：你应该买你能承担得起的最好的东西，而且只买你喜欢的东西。

• I worry a little though about that truism "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "

  不过，我对一条箴言略存戒心：权力导致腐败，绝对权力绝对导致腐败。

• It undermines a recent truism of Chinese analysis, sometimes referred to as the Beijing consensus.

  它将削弱近年在分析中国时的一个公认看法，有时被称为“北京共识”。

• It"s long been a truism of Fourth Amendment law that the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test is circular.

  长期以来一个有关宪法第四修正案不争的事实是，所谓“对隐私权的合理期望”这一测试点总是走成一个循环往复的怪圈。

• We hear it so often that it"s taken as a truism: Trust your instincts. Obey your intuition. Ignore your book knowledge and go with your gut.

  我们对相信自己直觉这一理念听得太多，以至于它成了众所周知的真理。

• It is a truism lo say that the culture of any nation is the product of its mind.

  任何一个民族的文化都是它的思想的产物，这句话是毫无疑义的。

• Men, the truism went, did not do their share of the grocery shopping or diaper changing.

  男人从不分担购买日常用品或为婴儿换尿布的家务，这众所周知的。

• And trust in rising home value as a truism as reliable as a sunrise was a major contributor to the catastrophic collapse of the economy.

  并且对于家庭价值作为真实性而信任，认为它和日出一样的可靠，这份信任是经济灾难性崩溃的主要贡献者。