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motto

/mot-oh/US // ˈmɒt oʊ //UK // (ˈmɒtəʊ) //

箴言,格言,铭言,座右铭

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mot·toes, mot·tos.

    • : a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
    • : a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person, organization, city, etc., and often inscribed on a badge, banner, etc.

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Examples

  • The motto of the internationalization task force was “Making the World Wide Web world wide!”

  • If the 6 GHz “very fast over short distances” motto sounds familiar, it’s likely because you’ve also heard it in regards to 5G, specifically the millimeter wave tech currently in use by Verizon.

  • The motto for New York City could be, “The holidays must go on.”

  • Armed with his bike, four GoPros, and a face mask, he was still pushing ahead a bombozza—“full throttle,” a kind of personal motto—with his mission of being both an entertainer and a social avenger on two wheels.

  • If the family of GPT language models had a motto, it could be “Fake it till you make it.”

  • Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”

  • Giorgio read aloud what they had chosen as their class motto.

  • “Still Standing,” read the firehouse motto stenciled on the front of the two rigs parked behind them.

  • The motto of the United States is E Pluribus Unum Latin for “Out of Many, one.”

  • Location: Lincolnton, N.C. Town motto: "History, Arts, Culture...They All Find a Home in Lincolnton!"

  • It has been richly painted, the arms of France being on the back, and the motto 'Pietate et Justitia' on the sides.

  • To meet the thousand wonderings at his conduct, he exchanged the ancient motto of the Lafayettes for a new one of his own.

  • His motto was, "Grab a dollar to-day—but don't meddle with it if it interferes with a thousand dollars in ten years."

  • To the choice of this motto attaches a history in which a certain Sergius Rachinsky played a part.

  • If 1871 opened up Channel groping under racing trim, 'progress' must truly be held the motto for 1872.