n. 1.原理,原则。 2.主义;政策;〔常 pl.〕道义;节操。 3.本质,本体,根源;本原,源泉。 4.本性,本能;天然的性能;天赋的才能;动因,素因。 5.【化学】素,要素;精。
短语和例子
the principle of dividing to move and uniting to fight 【军事】分进合击原则。 the principles of political economy 政治经济学原理。 the first principle 第一原理,本体。 the first principle of all things 万物的本原。 a man of principle 有原则的人,正派人。 good [right, moral] principles 道义。 a vital principle 精力。 guiding principles 方针。 the bitter principle 【化学】苦味素。 the principle of causality 因果律。 the principle of contradiction 【逻辑学】矛盾律。 against one's principle 违反自己的原则。 as a matter of principle 作为原则的问题。 by principle 按照原则,原则上。 in principle 原则上,大体上。 of principle 有原则的。 on principle 按照原则,根据原则 (I refuse on principle 我拒绝是按原则办事[并无恶意])。 on the principle of 根据…的原则。 stick to one's principles 坚持原则。
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines" 同义词:rationale,
a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields" 同义词:rule,
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works" 同义词:rule,
a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"