axiom
noun /ˈæksiəm/
/ˈæksiəm/
(formal)- a rule or principle that most people believe to be true
公理 - the old axiom that you can only succeed through hard work
只有通过努力工作才能成功的古老格言
词源late 15th cent.: from French axiome or Latin axioma, from Greek axiōma ‘what is thought fitting’, from axios ‘worthy’. - the old axiom that you can only succeed through hard work