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axiomatic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ax·i·o·mat·ic /ˌæksiəˈmætɪk◂/ adjective  TRUEsomething that is axiomatic does not need to be proved because you can easily see that it is true 公理的;不需证明的,不言自明的 SYN self-evidentaxiomatically /-kli/ adverb
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axiomaticAt the present time, with the considerable experience gained and with additional personnel available, this initial effort should be axiomatic.That protest is of the essence of true democratic activity is axiomatic.This is axiomatic, for how else is balance maintained over the millennia?Uncaused motion was nonsense for Aristotle and axiomatic for Newton.This law has been axiomatic in the evolution of the sciences.It is axiomatic that all the sites that are infected should be treated if there is to be any hope of cure.Social scientists take it as axiomatic that our dally lives are not entirely fortuitous.Ordinary politics adds to these familiar ideals a further one that has no distinct place in utopian axiomatic theory.
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axiomatic
axiomatic /ˌæksiəˈmætɪk◂/ adjective
something that is axiomatic does not need to be proved because you can easily see that it is true
   SYN  self-evident
—axiomatically /-kli/ adverb


axio·mat·icBrE /ˌæksiəˈmætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌæksiəˈmætɪk/ 🔊 adjective [not usually before noun] (formal) true in such an obvious way that you do not need to prove it 公理;不证自明 SYN self-evident It is axiomatic that life is not always easy. 生活并不总是一帆风顺,这是明摆着的事实。🔊🔊 axio·mat·ic·al·ly BrE /ˌæksiəˈmætɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌæksiəˈmætɪkli/ 🔊 adverb