truism
美 [ˈtruˌɪzəm] 
英 [ˈtruːɪz(ə)m]
- 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
词形变化
复数：truisms 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 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 |
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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。
This is not a complete truism in a polygynous marriage, and is a criticism of monogamous marriages as well.
在一夫多妻婚姻里，这个观念并不具有完全的真实性，同时也是对一夫一妻制的一种批判。
Social and professional networking sites like Facebook are the fastest-growing way to put that truism to work online.
像facebook这样的交友网络或专业网站是最老套也最快的方式。
Only some of them. It has been a truism of U.
只有一些失败国家是美国安全的威胁。
It is a truism that scientists know more about the surface of Mars than they do about the surface of the Earth, but it is also true.
科学家们对火星表面的了解甚于他们对地球表面的了解，这句话听上去难免觉得有些老套，但也是事实。
Over decades this truism has been supported by a great deal of research on networks.
几十年来，这样的真知灼见都得到了许多社交网络研究者的支持与认可。
Many a truism is summed up in a proverb .
许多真理都被总结成了谚语。
Now, it hears the commercial term that goes up to resemble certain truism.
现在，它听上去就像某些陈词滥调的商业术语。
That the Pakistan-China friendship is higher than the peaks of Himalayas is now a truism without exaggeration.
中巴友谊高过喜马拉雅的最高峰，已是尽人皆知的事实，毫无夸张。
It has become a truism , buttressed by the hard realities of economic performance , that the 21st century will belong to Asia .
21世纪将属于亚洲，这已成为老生常谈，经济表现的现实支持着这种说法。
You and I know that's a myth (you do know that's a myth, right? ), but most people take it as a truism.
你我都知晓这个理由并不是真的（你不会不知道吧？），但大多数人却把它当作真理。
But there's a reason that the old truism is 'Sell in May and go away, ' not 'Try to remember to sell before September. '
老话之所以说“5月卖出，然后离场”，而不是“请记住，在9月前卖出”，是有道理的。
Ehud Olmert, Israel's inexperienced new prime minister, is discovering the old truism that wars are easier to begin than to end.
以色列那没有经验的新总理胡德•奥尔默特即将发现那古老的命题，发动战争比结束要容易。
It is a truism that triple A rated bonds are risk free in the sense that the actual return on the bond is the same as the expected return.
就债券的实际回报率等于预期回报率这个意义而言，AAA级债券是无风险债券，这一点不言自明。
The old saw "clothes maketh the man" is as much of a truism as ever.
“人靠衣装”这句老话仍然是条真理。
There are exceptions to this truism, situations in which you can achieve near-term payback for the automation effort.
但也有例外，即你在某些情况下，可以获得自动化工作的近期回报。
The power of fast, flexible networks is a truism in today's broadband Internet era.
在当今宽带互联网时代，迅速、灵活的网络具有极大的威力是一个不争的事实。
The debate which follows is characterized by the use of the 'even if' argument , unless a truism has been categorically exposed .
除非有真理性的内容出现，否则接下来的辩论一般以使用让步的形式为特征。
When economists say that productivity growth is the root cause of development they are almost stating a truism.
当经济学者提及生产力成长是经济发展的根源时，他们所言几乎是老生常谈。
It has become a truism to note that American television drama is enjoying a golden age.
美国电视剧正在享受其黄金时代，这一点越来越为人所共知了。
"You don't see your own mistakes" is a truism of software development (and many other disciplines).
“你看不到自己的错误”，这是软件开发中的（也是很多其它学科的）公理。
Oh who could deny that? That needs to be a truism.
谁能否认这点呢，那需要是真理。
This, after all, is a truism. Nevertheless, it is a rough indication worth making as a start.
毕竟，这是老生常谈。可是，凡事起头难，值得我们一窥究竟。
It is a truism that without money, no creative project would ever lift more than two inches from the muddy ground.
不言而喻，假如没有资金保障，任何创造性的项目都只能在烂泥里打滚。
It is a truism of anthropology that all cultures assume that their own particular death practices are "natural" and "right" .
人类学中有一条不言而喻的道理，即所有文化都认为自己的殡葬仪式是“天经地义”和“理所当然”的。
The fundamental underpinning of this truism is that markets anticipate and look ahead more than they react to events when they occur.
支持这一真理的基本因素在于，市场更多地是提前预料到某件事情的发生，而不是在发生之后才做出反应。
This theme is expressed in the truism that "no nation which oppresses another Can itself be free"
这一点已经表现在尽人皆知的真理里：“凡是压迫别国的国家，自己也不可能有自由”。
It is an economic truism that savings must equal investment.
在经济上众所周知的是，储蓄必须等于投资。
It is a truism that economic prosperity is accompanied by cultural prowess .
从过去的历史看，经济繁荣总是与文化实力相伴相依。
His words are regarded almost as a truism today.
如今，他的话几乎被奉为真理。
It is a truism that Wall Street takes a good idea to extreme, whence springs trouble.
很明显，华尔街采取了一种极端的方法，从而导致了麻烦。
