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truism

/troo-iz-uhm/US // ˈtru ɪz əm //UK // (ˈtruːɪzəm) //

陈词滥调,陈规

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a self-evident, obvious truth.

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Examples

  • If one of the truisms of connection is to meet people where they are, then Kennedy has it down.

  • Our analysis also found that a longtime truism in polling — that surveys using live callers are more accurate — is no longer true.

  • This is a truism of life, but we can’t resist manufacturing false gods.

  • The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.

  • There is a truism bandied about that more people like to read about baseball than watch it.

  • The religious basis of the fiercest opposition to same-sex marriage is a truism.

  • Each of us gathered there had lived the truism of all wars: what can go wrong will go wrong.

  • That old truism that hawks are the most capable of making peace carries a lot of weight in middle Israel.

  • In other words, it is a truism, mere equation in terms, telling nothing whatever.

  • Nevertheless, it is a truism which men are none the worse of being reminded of now and then.

  • That the day may begin with calm and sunshine, yet end in clouds and tempest—or vice versa—is a truism which need not be enforced.

  • Somehow this statement, though a truism, did not seem to fit on to previous remarks.

  • It is a mere truism to remark that in every political question the main controversy is complicated by a number of side issues.