principle

英文释义

• ★ 原理；原则 (the basic idea that a plan or system is based on：)

  • the basic principle

    基本原理/基本原则

  • Excellent customer service should be our guiding principle.

    优秀的客户服务应该成为我们的指导原则。

• ★ 道德准则；行为准则 (a moral rule or belief about what is right and wrong, that influences how you behave：)

  • a man of principle

    有原则的人

  • I refuse to lie about it; it’s against my principles.

    我绝不为此事撒谎，那有悖我的原则。

  • She’d never ask to borrow money, on principle.

    原则上，她从不向别人借钱。

• ★ (机器等的) 工作原理；(自然界的) 定律；法则 (a general or scientific law that explains how sth works or why sth happens：)

  • Archimedes’ principle

    阿基米德定律

  • These machines both work on the same principle.

    这两台机器的工作原理是相同的。