Gridlock would keep in place fiscal trends which are worsening the mess we are already in , resulting in ' continued digging ' in the parlance of the preceding axiom .
For example , the method of constructing a straight line between two points could be an axiom in a geometry textbook .
例如,几何学教科书中,两点之间构造直线的方法是公理。
Nickelodeon is part of the mtv networks where even the unwritten code of dress and grooming and behavior has one non-negotiable axiom : no matter what kind of work you do , it is essential to come across as youthful , or at least not too square .
It is true that this axiom has long enriched companies that showed they were different from their competition in ways that matter to consumers and then consistently delivered this differentiation .
这个公理长时间充分使得公司通过消费者在乎的方式显示出他们和竞争者的差异,然后持续提供这种差异化。
Eventually it transpired that the axiom was optional .
最终,事实表明,这一公理并非放之四海皆准。
Another axiom is that voters punish governments that impose tough austerity programmes .
公理二:选民对施行紧缩政策的政府没有好脸色。
The " sex is bad " axiom predominates in society and science .
“性是坏的”这个公理在社会和科学中占据了主导。
This is of course a private school , and proof of the fully transatlantic axiom that the more you pay for school , the less time your kids actually spend in it .