a short sentence or phrase that expresses the aims and beliefs of a person, a group, an institution, etc. and is used as a rule of behaviour 座右铭;格言;箴言 The school's motto is: ‘Duty, Honour, Country’. 这所学校的校训是:尽责、知耻、爱国。 ‘Live and let live.’ That's my motto. “待人宽如待己”,这是我的座右铭。
Extra ExamplesLet's use that as our motto. 咱们把那句话用作座右铭吧。 Surfers have a motto—‘Life's a beach and then you die’. 冲浪者有条座右铭 - “人生是岸,冲上就完。” a good motto for gardeners 适合园丁的座右铭
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- company
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian, ‘word’.