precept

英 [ˈpriːsept]

美 [ˈpriːsept]

n.  (思想、行为的)准则，规范

复数：precepts　现在分词：precepting　第三人称单数：precepts　过去分词：precepted　过去式：precepted　

GRE经济

BNC.14293 / COCA.13906

牛津词典

noun

• （思想、行为的）准则，规范
  a rule about how to behave or what to think

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 准则；规范；戒律
  Apreceptis a general rule that helps you to decide how you should behave in particular circumstances.
  1. ...an electoral process based on the precept that all men are born equal.
     以所有人生而平等这一准则为基础的选举程序
  2. ...the precepts of Buddhism.
     佛教的戒律

英英释义

noun

• a doctrine that is taught
  1. the teachings of religion
  2. he believed all the Christian precepts
  Synonym:teachingcommandment
• rule of personal conduct
  Synonym:principle

双语例句

• In order to adapt the powertrain configuration of automated mechanical transmission, the demands of gears shifting are researched, and the viable gear shifting precept of control system is described.
  研究了配置自动机械式变速器的换档要求，提出了控制系统切实可行的换档控制方案。
• The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
  第一戒律应是不要接受任何事情是真实的直到我了解如此没有丝毫的怀疑。
• If, for example, the precept against killing allowed you to kill living beings when their presence is inconvenient, that would place your convenience on a higher level than your compassion for life.
  举例来说，假设杀生戒允许你在其它生灵的存在对你不便时把它们杀死，那样就把你的方便放在了高于你对生命的慈悲的位置。
• Example is better than precept.
  言教不如身教。
• He proceeded to exhort his daughter to eat, not by example indeed, but at least by precept.
  他开始劝他女儿吃点东西。他采取的办法不是以身作则，而是跟她讲道理。
• The power of precept can catch the mental thief.
  持戒的力量，可以擒拿心中的盗贼；
• To research the experience and precept of these countries may offer a good reference to establish housing policy in China.
  研究这些国家的经验和教训对于我国当前住房政策的制定具有借鉴意义。
• In acts of courage and decency, they defended a simple precept: I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.
  在勇敢和正义的行动中，他们坚守一个简单的信条：我是兄弟们的守护者，我是姐妹们的守护者。
• The wording is biblical but the precept is echoed across religions, cultures and time.
  尽管措辞像是圣经上的字眼，但这一训诫却可在各种宗教、各种文化和各个时期找到。
• All the Levites, that Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
  梅瑟和亚郎照上主的命令，统计了所有的肋未人，按家族凡一月以上的男性都统计了，共计二万二千人。