aphorism

大学

n. 格言, 警语

发音

UK /ˈæfəɹɪz(ə)m/
其它
US /ˈæfəˌɹɪzəm/

词形变化

aphorisms 复数 aphorisms aphorismed aphorisming aphorisms 三单 aphorisming 现在分词 aphorismed 过去式 aphorismed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

格言；警句

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.

  2. 2.

    A concise or pithy, and memorable, expression of a general truth; a maxim, a saying.

    格言

  3. 3.

    The essence or heart of something.

    废旧 罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To speak or write one or more aphorisms (noun sense 2).

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

apophthegm apothegm

上位词 2

maxim axiom

词源

The noun is derived from Late Middle English amphorisme, from Middle French aphorisme, afforisme (modern French aphorisme), from Medieval Latin aphorismus, aforismus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓φορῐσμός (ăphorĭsmós, “limitation; distinction, separation; definition; aphorism”), from ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, “to mark off a boundary; to define, determine; to distinguish, separate; etc.”) + -μός (-mós, suffix forming abstract nouns). Ἀφορίζω (Aphorízō) is from ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-, prefix meaning ‘away; from; off’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; off”)) + ὁρίζω (horízō, “to delimit; to define; to determine; to divide, separate; etc.”) (from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary, limit; definition, term; etc.”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werw- (“to draw; to mark out”)) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, “suffix forming similative verbs”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

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