apothegm
noun[C]
formaluk/ˈæp.ə.θem/us/ˈæp.ə.θem/(UKalsoapophthegm)ashortcleversaying that isintendedtoexpressageneraltruth:
格言,箴言,警句We are allfamiliarwith Tolstoy's apothegm: "Happyfamiliesare allalike; everyunhappyfamilyisunhappyinitsown way."我们都很熟悉托尔斯泰的这句箴言:“幸福的家庭都是相同的,不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。”
Synonym
aphorism
Reality and truth
- actuality
- authenticity
- axiomatically
- fact
- genuine
- home truth
- immediacy
- impostor syndrome
- it is what it isidiom
- McCoy
- real life
- realia
- the real McCoy
- the real thing
- the real world
- truth is stranger than fictionidiom
- truth will outidiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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