watchwords

英 [ˈwɒtʃwɜːdz]

美 [ˈwɑtʃˌwɜrdz]

n.  口号; 标语; 格言
watchword的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 口号;格言
  Someone'swatchwordis a word or phrase that sums up their attitude or approach to a particular subject or to things in general.
  1. Caution has been one of Mr Allan's watchwords...
     “小心谨慎”是艾伦先生的座右铭。
  2. You don't have to deny yourself everything that's nice when you're pregnant. Moderation is the watchword.
     怀孕时没有必要抗拒一切平时喜欢的东西。关键是要适度。

双语例句

• Calm, composed and consistent are the watchwords of the European Central Bank. Except perhaps if you listen in Spanish, French or Italian.
  镇静、沉着、一致，这些词是欧洲央行（ECB）的标语&除非你听到的是西班牙语、法语或意大利语。
• Stability and security are your watchwords.
  他们以稳定性和安全感作格言。
• Do no harm and set a good example should be the watchwords.
  无害和树立榜样应成为口号。
• Are the watchwords for this year's Olympics, which is likely to see new records set, not only on the track and in the pool but in the technology used to time and measure the individual events.
  是今年奥运会的口号。本届奥运会很可能会诞生新纪录，但不仅仅是在跑道上和泳池中，还有对单项运动计时和测量的技术领域。
• Instead, one is confronted with a series of slogans watchwords, and the like, which have acquired power over him.
  同他谈话时，你碰到的不是他本人，而是一连串标语口号以及诸如此类的东西，这些东西有力量控制他。
• Yarter and his team began a six-month process to create a three-year plan with three watchwords: consolidate, virtualize, automate.
  Yarter和他的团队启动了一个6个月流程来创建一个三年计划，他们提出了三个口号：整合、虚拟化和自动化。
• Professor Stephen Crow, head of the government's Casino Advisory Panel, said "fairness and rigorous examination will be our watchwords" when assessing the applications.
  英国政府赌场顾问小组（CasinoAdvisoryPanel）负责人斯蒂芬·克罗（StephenCrow）教授表示，在评估这些申请的时候，“公平和严格审查是我们的口号”。
• Moderation in the short term and discipline in the long term should be the watchwords for fiscal policy.
  短期财政政策口号应当是适度，而长期则应是约束。
• Yet once in power they seemed unable to find the levers of governance, instead devoting energy to a march through the institutions, with loyalty and secretiveness rather than efficiency and accountability as their watchwords.
  然而，一旦掌权，他们似乎找不到治理的操纵杆，只能把精力投入在各个机构安插自己人，把忠诚与秘密（而非效率和责任）当作箴言。
• The watchwords for a leader in a financial crisis are calm, consistent and controlled-Mr Obama has ticked all three boxes.
  在金融危机中，一位领导人应有的表现是冷静、坚定和克制，奥巴马样样符合。