- 1格言；箴言。不是「最大值」，也不是自己選的座右銘。
A maxim is a short, well-known line that tells you how to behave, or how the world is supposed to work — "honesty is the best policy," "look before you leap." It feels slightly old and . People now often say saying, , or motto instead. A motto is one you choose for yourself; a is an old folk line; a maxim is more like a small public rule that many people repeat, especially as advice. Though actually, the word comes from Latin maxima, "the greatest," from a phrase that meant something like "the greatest premise" — the biggest, most general rule you start from. So a maxim is, in origin, the "biggest" rule, boiled down to one line. That Latin word is a of maxima in English, and it is a cousin of maximum, but the meanings split: one became a saying, the other became "the largest amount." A different maxim altogether — the machine gun, and some brand names — comes from a person, Sir Hiram Maxim, and has nothing to do with sayings.
組成From Anglo-Norman and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima ("axiom"), the feminine of Latin maximus ("greatest"), from the idea of the "greatest premise." Doublet of maxima.
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- maximumsame Latin maximus, "greatest" — but maximum is about size, not a saying
- maximaa learned doublet of the same Latin word
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Maximname
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A surname
Maximnoun
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engineeringfirearmsgovernmentThe Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
- Again we went on, and climbed the false immensity of another ridge, when several rifles and a maxim opened upon us, and very close they were.
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engineeringfirearmsgovernmentAny machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design
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obsoleteinformalengineeringfirearmsgovernmentA machine gun
maximnoun詞源 1/ˈmæk.sɪm/
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archaicA self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
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A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
- In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.
- It was impossible to imagine anything more cold or comfortless, while it was a task of no small dexterity to thread your way through the labyrinth of trunks, bandboxes, &c.; for it had of late years become a maxim with Lady Anne that nothing ought to be thrown or given away:...
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