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

• 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。
• Stability and security are your watchwords.
  他们以稳定性和安全感作格言。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Caution has been one of Mr Allan's watchwords
  “小心谨慎”是艾伦先生的座右铭。
• Do no harm and set a good example should be the watchwords.
  无害和树立榜样应成为口号。
• Prudence and discretion are the new watchwords.
  谨小慎微是新口号。
• 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。
• 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”。