n.格言,座右铭,准则
" Waste not, want not " is her favourite maxim.
“ 不浪费则不匮乏 ” 是她喜爱的格言.
Whenever I get the chance I go to Maxim's for dinner.
我一有机会便去马克西姆餐厅吃饭。
I believe in the maxim "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
我相信这样一条箴言:“不破不修”。