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 .

互联网相亲有一条格言：每个人都据说有幽默感，即使很难在显示器上表达出来。