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 .
这当然是一所私立学校，也完全印证了美国的一条公理：你花的钱越多，你的孩子的在学校时间却越少。
It is an axiom of internet dating that everyone allegedly has a sense of humor , even if evidence of it is infrequently on display .
