But Weber turned this dictum on its head.

但是Weber把這說法完全倒過來了。

Maybe you've heard the contemporary version of Thatcher's dictum.

也许你听过撒切尔名言的当代版本。

Played by lawyers might be a more accurate dictum. The rules are famously complicated.

“律师玩的游戏”，这么说或许更加准确。橄榄球的规则是出了名的复杂。

Orwell's dictum now faces a new test.

奥威尔的这则格言现如今正面临新的考验。

His dictum was something like, 'When the Emperor is good, serve.

“当君主圣明的时候，入世。

However, Monnet's dictum is also a source of complacency.

然而，莫内的名言也成了欧盟自满的根源。

The dictum in writing classes used to be “write what you know.”

从前写作课上的箴言是“写你了解的”。

Lord Acton's dictum that “great men are almost always bad men” has become a commonplace.

艾克顿公爵的格言“伟人几乎总是坏人”已经成为名句。

A dictum is a short statement or saying which expresses some wise advice or a general truth about life.

格言是简短的陈述或话语，表达的是关于生活的一些明智建议或普遍真理。

A dictum among linguists is that languages differ not in what they can express, but in what they must.

语言学家的一个格言是，语言的差异不在于它们能表达什么，而在于它们必须表达什么。