Dictum

(n.) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

(n.) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.

(n.) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

(n.) An arbitrament or award.

录入:梅林达

• The key to German historical teaching is to be found in Count Moltke's dictum: Perpetual peace is a dream, and it is not even a beautiful dream. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As evidence in court its word cannot be doubted, and the witness confronted by his own utterances from the phonograph must yield to its infallible dictum. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The ten commandments were less binding in her eyes than her surgeon's dictum. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And that sight kept men speculating, in spite of all the figures and scientific dicta of the ages. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Undaunted by the dicta of contemporaneous science, Mr. Edison attacked the dynamo problem with his accustomed vigor and thoroughness. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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