axiom
/ˈæk.si.əm/ 名词 C2中文： 原则、公理
- A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. · Near-synonyms: given, facticity
- A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context). · Holonym: formal system· Near-synonyms: given, facticity
- An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. · The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths.
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“We must fall back upon the old axiom that when all other contingencies fail, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
From this view of things, then, comes the axiom that if you visit to discover the author of any bad action, seek first to discover the person to whom the perpetration of that bad action could be in any way advantageous.
“‘Seek whom the crime will profit,’ says an axiom of jurisprudence.”
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