Maybe you've heard the contemporary version of Thatcher's dictum.

也许你听过撒切尔名的当代版本。

But Weber turned this dictum on its head.

但是Weber把這說法完全倒過來了。

Played by lawyers might be a more accurate dictum. The rules are famously complicated.

“律师玩的游戏”，这么说或许更加准确。橄榄球的规则是出了名的复杂。

Orwell's dictum now faces a new test.

奥威尔的这则现如今正面临新的考验。

However, Monnet's dictum is also a source of complacency.

然而，莫内的名也让欧盟自满。

The dictum in writing classes used to be “write what you know.”

写课上的箴是“写你了解的”。

Lord Acton's dictum that “great men are almost always bad men” has become a commonplace.

艾克顿爵的“伟人几乎总是坏人”已经成为名句。

A dictum is a short statement or saying which expresses some wise advice or a general truth about life.

是简短的陈述或话语，表达的是关于生活的一些明智建议或普遍真理。

The medievals had a dictum, ens est scibile, ''being is knowable.''

中世纪有句，ens est scibile：“存在就是被感知。”

A dictum among linguists is that languages differ not in what they can express, but in what they must.

语学家的一个是，语的差异不在于它们能表达什么，而在于它们必须表达什么。

Beucase I don't see the Law as a dead and arbitrary collection of antiquated dictums

我不认为法律是一种过时的、随意的过时的dictums的集合。

It is a variation on the old Ralph Waldo Emerson dictum: " The louder he mentioned his honour, the faster we counted our spoons."

这是拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生那句古老的变体：“他提到自己的荣誉的声音越大，我们数勺子的速度就越快。”

Confucius's dictum advised that when the Emperor was evil, people should become recluses – people, like hermits, who live alone and avoid contact with others.

无道则隐——隐居者就像隐士一样，独自生活，避免与他人接触。

There is an admitted bumper-sticker quality to dictum like that, but compared with the familiar age-related wisdom-take it slow, watch your diet, stay cheerful-it's bracing.

像这样的都被认为有种保险杠贴纸的味道，但跟熟悉的岁月赋予的智慧——也就是慢慢来，注意饮食，保持乐观——相比，这种都少还是会让人觉得振奋人心。

Following Mr Faber's overthrow, it is not so clear that Friedman's famous dictum, that the sole purpose of a company is to increase shareholder value, is in fact dead.

而在费柏尔被赶下台后，他的名——即“司的唯一目的是增加股东价值”是否会步一样的后尘尚不可知。

As with many of Mr Trump's dictums, the legality of the president's latest orders is questionable, though they undoubtedly create uncertainty for the companies involved.

与特朗普的许多裁决一样，总统最新命令的合法性令人生疑，尽管该令无疑会给相关司带来了不确定性。

Here's Meng Hu talking about Confucius to BBC World Service programme, The Why Factor: His dictum was something like, 'When the Emperor is good, serve. When the Emperor is evil, recluse'.

胡孟同BBC全球服务节目The Why Factor谈到了孔子：孔子的是类似：" 天下有道则见，无道则隐" 。

Women were to be silent in the church according to the scriptural dictum of Saint Paul