English Dictionary

maxim

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmæk.sɪm/

名詞

古語

(now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule. / A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

日本語の意味

格言（自明な原理や道徳的な教訓、行動規範を簡潔に表現したもの） / 金言（普遍的な真理や原則を含む短い言葉） / 戒句（行動や考え方を戒めるための短い格言）

As a starting principle, she regarded the maxim that every effect has a cause as beyond dispute.

出発点として、彼女はすべての事象には原因があるという自明の公理を疑いの余地がないものと見なしていた。

意味（1）

(now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.

意味（2）

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.

maxims （ plural ）