truism

英 [ˈtruːɪzəm]

美 [ˈtruːɪzəm]

n.  不言而喻的道理; 自明之理; 老生常谈

复数：truisms　

GRETEM8法律

BNC.20366 / COCA.19792

牛津词典

noun

• 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

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 陈词滥调;不言自明的说法
  Atruismis a statement that is generally accepted as obviously true and is repeated so often that it has become boring.
  1. Orpington seems an example of the truism that nothing succeeds like success...
     奥尔平顿似乎验证了一个常理——一事成功百事顺。
  2. Whilst this might sound like a truism, it is nevertheless a crucial problem to address.
     尽管这可能听起来像是老生常谈，但却是待解决的重要问题。

英英释义

noun

• an obvious truth

双语例句

• It is an obvious truism that people act in accordance with their motives.
  人人都按自己的动机行事是不言而喻的。
• 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 the pig producer must react to change in order to remain profitable.
  养猪生产者必须对变化做出反应，以便继续保持生产者的利益。这是人人都懂得的事。
• A truism in any software system is that the only constant is change.
  任何软件系统中都存在的一个真理是：唯一不变的是变化。
• 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。
• Orpington seems an example of the truism that nothing succeeds like success
  奥尔平顿似乎验证了一个常理——一事成功百事顺。
• So long as those associations were the only medium through which the subject was looked at, what we now think so gross an absurdity seemed a truism.
  只要这些联想是考察这一问题的唯一媒介，我们现在认识到的显而易见的谬论就似乎是自明之理。
• But are executives really putting this truism into practice?
  这个观点已经是老生常谈，但管理者真的把它付诸实践了吗？
• It is a truism that both brevity and readability are good.
  众所周知，简洁和可读性都好。
• As far as your health is concerned, it's a truism that prevention is better than cure.
  就你的健康而言，预防胜于治疗，这是不言而喻的。