单词 | principle |
释义 | principle /'pnnsapl; 'prmsapi/ n [C] 1 basic truth; general law of cause and effect: 原理; 原则; 一般因果律: the (first) ~ of geometry/political economy / navigation. 几何学 (政治经济学,航海学) 的 (首要) 原虱 2 guiding rule for behaviour: 行为的准则: moral ~s; 道义; 道德规范; 节操; ~ s of conduct; 行为的准则; live up to one's ~s; 照自己的标准行事; 言行一致; (collective sing) (集合单数) a man of high ~. 操守好的人。 in (contrasted with in detail) in general. 大每上(与 in detail 相对)。 on ~, from conviction, from a settled moral motive: 根据信念; 由于一种固定的道德上的动机; 根据原: He refused on ~ to understate his income for taxation purposes. 他由于一种道德上的动机,拒绝为了少纳税而少报收入。 3 general law shown in the working of a machine, etc: 机器等的运转原理: These machines work on the same ~. 这些机器按照相同的原理运转。 ~d adj (in compounds) following, having, the kind of ~ (2) indicated: (用于复合字中)遵守行为准则的; 有节操的: a most high- ~d woman, unhappily married to a low- ~d man. 一位很有节操的女字,木孝与一位没有节操的男人结婚。 → unprincipled. |
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