词组 | motto |
释义 | motto /ˈmɒtəʊ $ ˈmɑːtoʊ/ noun a short sentence or phrase giving a rule, which expresses the aims or beliefs of a person or institutionadjectives/nouns + mottoa national motto Jamaica’s national motto is ‘Out of Many, One People’.a family/school motto The school motto was ‘Through work to honour’.a state motto ‘Live Free or Die’ is New Hampshire’s state motto.a personal motto Her personal motto is ‘Think positive’.a guiding motto One of my guiding mottoes is, ‘If you can’t do a lot, do a little’.verbshave a motto The school has a Latin motto.adopt a motto In 1960, Atlanta adopted the motto ‘The City Too Busy to Hate’.prepositionsa motto of sb/sth ‘Be prepared’ is the motto of the Boy Scouts.a motto for sb ‘The purer the better’ might be a good motto for a water company.THESAURUS: motto → phrase |
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