| 单词 | truism |
| 释义 | truism (once / 6267 pages) n Here's a truism for you: Only people who look up words they don't know can expand their vocabularies. Did you find that statement obvious, boring, and saying nothing new or interesting? That's the perfect description of a truism. Sometimes truisms can be mistaken for factual statements. In fact, despite their seeming obviousness, they are usually opinions. Many people who look up words in the dictionary don't improve their vocabularies, as much as they'd like to. Another truism: You get what you pay for. Well, a lot of the time, sure, but not always. That's why the word bargain was invented. WORD FAMILYtruism: truisms+/true: trued, truely, trueness, truer, trues, truest, truing, truism, truly, truth, untrue/truth: truthful, truths, untruth/truthful: truthfulest, truthfully, truthfulness, untruthful/untrue: untruely, untruest, untruly/untruth: untruths/untruthful: untruthfully, untruthfulness USAGE EXAMPLES“I confess I am on a mission to dismantle certain truisms . . . about nature, nurture, genes, twin studies, and the ‘hardwired’ brain,” she writes. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) Chatter about Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is nothing but a truism, equally applicable to the U.S. and Canada, or to any nations resolving trivial border disputes. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) In a longer review of the book, Gates explains Brown's core argument, a leadership truism many will recognize. Washington Post(Dec 05, 2016) n an obvious truth Hypo|Hyper banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude a trite or obvious remark true statement, truth a true statement |
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