1.自明之理;明明白白的事情,起码的常识
2.陈词滥调,老套语
1.a statement that does not really need to be made because everyone already knows it is true
1.Beyond pointing out these general truisms , I shall confine my discussion to the general areas of Asia.
除了指出这些一般常识外，我将把讨论集中在亚洲地区。
2.And in trying to answer this we must never lose sight of a few elementary truisms .
在回答这个问题时，请不要无视一些最基本的常识。
3.Mr Blanchard's book is not a collection of truisms and pseudo-truisms - it is a practical guide that many have found helpful.
布兰佳的书不是把一些明摆着的道理和伪道理拼凑在一起，而是一种实际的指导，许多人都会发现它很有助益。
4.Unfortunately, it seems that not everyone agrees with the truisms that began this article.
不幸的是，似乎并非每个人都同意文章开头提出的真理。
5.Truisms taken from the designer's diary were previously showcased as billboards in Paris and Portugal.
来自于施德明日记中的那些真实记录，之前曾在巴黎和葡萄牙的高广告牌上。
6.Author's Note: This whole essay, although sprinkled with truisms here and there, is a joke and should be taken like one.
作者附言：这整篇文章是都是在搞笑而且应该被当成搞笑，尽管它到处都夹杂着一些自明之理。
7.This first section of this chapter is a list of axioms, or truisms .
本章第一节是关于测试公理、测试原理的一个列表。
8.I wondered how many of these truisms had a scientific underpinning and how many were but myths.
我疑惑这些老生常谈有多少是有科学基础而有多少只是想当然。
9.Truisms are true, hold on to that!
自明便是真理，这一点一定要坚持。