axiom

詳細解釋：

ax.i.om

n.（名詞）
A self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim:
公理，自明之理：不言而喻的或普遍被認定的真理；格言，規則：
例句：
.It is an economic axiom as old as the hills that goods and services can be paid for only with goods and services.(Albert Jay Nock)
.只有用商品和服務才能換來商品和服務，這是和山一樣古老的經濟原理.(艾伯特·傑·諾克)

An established rule, principle, or law.
公理，原理，原則：建立起來的規則、原理、或法律
Abbr. ax.A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument; a postulate.
縮寫 ax.格言：不言而喻的原理或能作為真理被接受的規律，無須作為爭論依據加以證明；基本原理

來源：
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French axiome
源自 古法文 axiome
from Latin axiôma axiômat-
源自 拉丁語 axiôma axiômat-
from Greek
源自 希臘語
from axios [worthy] * see ag-
源自 axios [有價值的，值得的] *參見 ag-