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

• Thus, the dictum could be dared in the psychoanalytic school: at bottom, nobody believes in his own death.
  在精神分析学院会有这种说法：，说到底，没人相信自己的死亡。
• 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。
• Are the philosophers or are the poets you might say the true legislators for mankind?! if you want to use Shelley's dictum?
  是哲学家或是诗学家，或者你可以说，人类的真正立法者，如果你想要借用雪莱名言的话？
• There is a famous dictum with the enterprise management-The key factor of one enterprise success or failure depends on whether it can arouse the staff s power and wisdom, the vigor of enterprise comes from the attraction to the staff.
  在企业管理中有这样一条至理名言：一个企业成败的关键在于它能否激发职工的力量和才智，企业的活力来自企业对职工的吸引力。
• We're lying to ourselves, pretending we're at ease when we know we aren't, so, in the converse of Goethe's dictum, we don't have a clue how to live.
  我们在对自己撒谎，假装放松，其实我们自己知道没有，所以，和哥德的格言相反，我们对于如何生活毫无头绪。
• 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。
• His dictum always was,'if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well '.
  他的格言永远是：“当为之事，当尽力而为”。
• 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。
• Watch sellers employ a logical Italian dictum: a well-dressed man owns at least three timepieces.
  手表经销商流传的一句义大利格言不无道理：穿著得体的男人至少拥有三块表。
• 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。