mantra n.
釋義：a word or phrase which is often repeated and which sometimes expresses a belief
“mantra”是個可數(shù)名詞，原意是佛教和印度教中的“禱文”“符咒”，現(xiàn)在常用來表示“口頭禪” “口號”。在口語和寫作中，當(dāng)我們想引用一句名言或者介紹一種現(xiàn)象時就可以用到它响驴。
例① Facebook 的首席執(zhí)行官 Mark Zuckerberg 曾說過，“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.” 這句話已經(jīng)成為了創(chuàng)業(yè)者會時刻掛在嘴邊上的格言，我們就可以說：
“Move fast and break things” has become a popular startup mantra.
例② Justin 在介紹中國的“人情”文化時就用到了 mantra：
“Pay off renqing (人情, or personal feelings) before you clear debt” is a widely known cultural mantra in China.
例③ mantra 也是《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》中的衬サ拢客。比如寫到為跨性別者特設(shè)監(jiān)獄時用到：
The mantra of some activists that “trans women are women” implies they should be treated no differently from inmates who were born female. “Give, get or get off” is the unofficial mantra of most American museum boards.（這里的“Give, get or get off”可以理解為“自己給錢吆视、勸別人給錢典挑、或者離開”）
翻譯：“只有偏執(zhí)狂才能生存”是硅谷最著名的口號之一。
"Only the paranoid survive" is one of the most well-known mantras in Silicon Valley.
（參考翻譯: One of Silicon Valley's most striking mantras goes,“Only the paranoid survive”.）
