motto
noun /ˈmɒtəʊ/
/ˈmɑːtəʊ/
(plural mottoes, mottos)
- 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。
- Let'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
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- company
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- have
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- motto for
词源late 16th cent.: from Italian, ‘word’. - The school's motto is: ‘Duty, Honour, Country’.