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单词 watchword
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watchword
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈwɒtʃ.wɜːd/us
/ˈwɑːtʃ.wɝːd/
(a word or phrase thatrepresents) themainideasorprinciplesdirectingthe way that someonebehavesor the way that something is done:
口号；标语；格言
Andremember,letcautionbeyourwatchword.切记，把谨慎当作你的格言。
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(Definition ofwatchwordfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwatchword

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Theirwatchwordwas corporate privilege; correspondingly, their dominant disposition was exclusion.
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Thewatchwordfor most of what ensued is consistency, but of style rather than substance.
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The sceptic'swatchwordis relevance, but the question then is relevance to what?
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Racial separation was the newwatchwordon the mainland and in the colonies.
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This remains thewatchwordof our editorial policy.
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We live in days of autonomy, where thewatchwordis patient- or family-centered care.
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Religion sought all-or-nothing answers; thewatchwordin every legal answer was balance.
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Londe'swatchwordto "replace the observer" covered only half of the story.
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Globalisation has become thewatchwordof governments and policy-makers, across the world, being alternately blamed and celebrated, depending on what particular action (or outcome) is being justified.
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The watchwords of structural reform, by contrast, are 'efficiency' and 'responsiveness' - words that suggest the ability to rein in costs without reductions in the quality or quantity of medical services.
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It is good enough for hiswatchwordwhile he is here, for his epitaph when he is gone.
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Its three watchwords, no doubt honed by some spin bowler, are "modernise", "reform"and"pursue".
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The means test became a sort ofwatchword.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Where the employees of an audit firm wish to join their client's payroll, proportionality should again be thewatchword.
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Thewatchwordwas derided at the beginning of the contest as a piece of sentimentality.
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