a short phrase that says something true or wise 格言;警句 Johnson’s aphorism: ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’ 约翰逊的格言:“当一个人厌倦了伦敦,他就厌倦了生活。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French aphorisme or late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos ‘definition’, from aphorizein ‘define’.