precept

noun

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

1. N-COUNT 准则；规范；戒律
   A precept is 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

1. Example is better than precept.
   言教不如身教。
2. The son HAD well profited by the precept and example of the father.
   老太爷的言传身教早已使他儿子获益无穷。
3. A fundamental design precept is that a class should be part of a domain package only if it exists to fulfill the goals of that domain package.
   一个基本的设计规则就是，一个类只要存在并去完成一个域包的目标，那么它就应该是该域包的一部分。
4. 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。
5. We give them the passion for truth: founded on precept or example, truth is the beginning of every good thing; the power and the faith engendering mutual trust.
   我们要给予他们追求真理的激情：真理建立在言传身教的基础上，是一切美好事情的开始，是带来相互信任的力量和信念。
6. Now about the apostles and prophets, act in line with the gospel precept.
   使徒和先知，他们的行为要符合福音里的戒律。
7. Then this article analyzes the situation and tries to find precept dealing with the issue.
   针对此现象加以分析，试图寻找解决问题的方案。
8. Do other men, for they would do you; that's the true business precept.
   你不吃人，人就吃你这就是真本生意经。
9. Virtue here, has only just one single precept that one must really seriously care for; to look after the mind, it is morality of the mind.
   这里讲的善德只有一条戒，每个人都必须确实认真的持守，那就是&照顾这颗心，这是内在心灵的道德。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. Based on security and integrality code, it takes the salvageable preservation precept to Beidaihe modern building;
    根据安全性和完整性原则，提出对北戴河近代建筑进行抢救性保护方案；
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. The other Bodhisattvas then knew that Manjushri Bodhisattva had truly upheld the precept against stealing.
    一般的菩萨都知道文殊师利菩萨守不盗戒是真的。
17. A basic precept in most engineering professional codes of conduct is that engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public in the performance of their professional duties.
    在大多数工程职业的规范和操守中有一个基本的规则，就是工程师在履行它们的专业职责的时候，应该把安全、健康和公众的福利放在首位。
18. She looked upon venery as the natural occupation for men and women, and was ever ready with precept and example from her own wide experience.
    她认为情欲方面的事是人的本性，男人女人都是如此，她总是从自己的丰富经验中给人以箴言和范例。
19. And Jesus answered and said unto them, for the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
    耶稣说、摩西因为你们的心硬、所以写这条例给你们。
20. Why should we observe the precept against stealing?
    为什麽要持不偷戒？
21. A Tentative Study of the Commandment Elements of Buddhism and Taoism in Traditional Family Regulations; There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
    传统家规中所见佛、道戒律因素初论任何一条道德戒律在奉行时都会引起不便。
22. The power of precept can catch the mental thief.
    持戒的力量，可以擒拿心中的盗贼；
23. This paper puts emphasis upon the procession of the control and execution of the frequency-voltage control relay, and mentions the precept of the output of the signals.
    文章着重阐述了紧急控制装置的低频减载控制执行过程，同时又探讨了信号输出的方案设计。
24. Goodbye, for our teacher, you give the precept provide me with the model of emulation, and I'll put it teach my students.
    再见，为我们授课的老师，你们的言传身教为我提供了可资效仿的典范，我会把它传授给我的学生。
25. The precept of get is also experience.
    得到的教训也是经验。
26. The first, the revolutionary precept of the hate crime.
    首先制定了仇恨罪行的革命性方针。
27. Structure precept and fold pattern of inflatable sunshield were proposed, then the deployable state and fold state of sunshield can be fit for size require.
    提出遮光罩的结构方案、折叠方式和结构中各组件合适的材料，使得结构展开状态和折叠状态分别能够达到一定的尺寸要求。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. In the Anglo-American system, of course, precedent is a fundamental precept.
    当然，在英美法系中，先例是基本的规则。

noun

1. a doctrine that is taught
   1. the teachings of religion
   2. he believed all the Christian precepts

   Synonym:    teachingcommandment

2. rule of personal conduct

   Synonym:    principle