gnomic
英 ['nəʊmɪk]
美['nomɪk]
- adj. 含格言的；精辟的
中文词源
gnomic 精辟的
来自PIE*gno, 知道，了解，知识，词源同know, can,cognizance.
英文词源
- gnomic (adj.)
- "full of instructive sayings," 1784, from French gnomique (18c.) and directly from Late Latin gnomicus "concerned with maxims, didactic," from Greek gnomikos, from gnome "a means of knowing, a mark, token; the mind (as the organ of knowing), thought, judgment, intelligence; (one's) mind, will, purpose; a judgment, opinion; maxim, the opinion of wise men," from root of gignoskein "to come to know" (see gnostic (adj.)). Gnomical is attested from 1610s.
双语例句
- 1. John Maynard Keynes used somewhat gnomic utterances in his General Theory.
- 约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯在其《通论》中用了许多精辟言辞。
来自辞典例句