a statement that expresses something that people believe is always true or should be followed 名言;格言 the dictum that ‘In politics, there are no friendships.’ “政治中没有友谊”这句格言。 Every storyteller should remember Aristotle’s dictum that a story must have a beginning, a middle and an end. 每个讲故事的人都应该记住亚里士多德的名言,一个故事必须有开头、中间和结尾。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘something said’, neuter past participle of dicere.