rule
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT Rules are instructions that tell you what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to do. 规则
...a thirty-two-page pamphlet explaining the rules of basketball. …一本说明篮球规则的32页的小册子。
2. N-COUNT A rule is a statement telling people what they should do in order to achieve success or a benefit of some kind. 原则; 准则
An important rule is to drink plenty of water during any flight. 一条重要的原则是在任何一次飞行中都要喝大量的水。
3. N-COUNT The rules of something such as a language or a science are statements that describe the way that things usually happen in a particular situation. 规律; 法则
...according to the rules of quantum theory. …根据量子论的法则。
4. N-SING If something is the rule, it is the normal state of affairs. 常规; 惯例
However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception. 然而，如今对许多美国人而言，周末工作已不幸成为惯例而不是特例。
5. V-T/V-I The person or group that rules a country controls its affairs. 统治
For four centuries, he says, foreigners have ruled Angola. 他说4个世纪以来外国人一直统治着安哥拉。
He ruled for eight months. 他在位了8个月。
6. N-UNCOUNT Rule is also a noun. 统治
...demands for an end to one-party rule. …结束一党统治的要求。
7. V-T If something rules your life, it influences or restricts your actions in a way that is not good for you. 严重影响; 制约
Scientists have always been aware of how fear can rule our lives and make us ill. 科学家们从来都知道恐惧是如何严重影响我们的生活并使我们患病的。
8. V-T/V-I When someone in authority rules that something is true or should happen, they state that they have officially decided that it is true or should happen. 裁定[正式]
The court ruled that laws passed by the assembly remained valid. 该法庭裁定由议会通过的法律仍然有效。
The Israeli court has not yet ruled on the case. 以色列法院尚未对此案做出裁决。
9. V-T If you rule a straight line, you draw it using something that has a straight edge. 画
...a ruled grid of horizontal and vertical lines. …一个画好的由水平线及垂直线构成的网格。
10. →see also golden rule , ground rule , ruling
11. PHRASE If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens. 通常
As a rule, however, such attacks have been aimed at causing damage rather than taking life. 然而，通常此类攻击意在造成破坏而非要人性命。
12. PHRASE If someone in authority bends the rules or stretches the rules, they do something even though it is against the rules. 变通规则; 通融
There happens to be a particular urgency in this case, and it would help if you could bend the rules. 这次碰巧有紧急情况，如果你能通融一下将会很有帮助。
13. PHRASE A rule of thumb is a rule or principle that you follow which is not based on exact calculations, but rather on experience. 经验法则
A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit. 一个很好的经验法则是，雇主要获取利润的话，其中间人必须创造10倍于自己薪水的销售额。
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rule /ruːl/ (ruling,ruled,rules)
剑桥词典
- There are exceptions to every rule.
- There's an unwritten rule that you don't wear jeans to work .
- They made an ineffective attempt to get the rules changed .
- Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions .
- Grammatical rules prescribe how words may be used together.
- Various parts of Africa have suffered under colonial rule.
- The constituency fell to Labour at the last election , after ten years of Conservative rule.
- The president resigned after 30 years of autocratic rule.
- In the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical rule of her mother .
- The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government .
rule noun (INSTRUCTION)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 通常作为复数使用的名词 ]an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do
规则；法则；规章；条例
A referee must know all the rules of the game . 裁判一定要通晓比赛的所有规则。
The first/most important rule in life is always to appear confident . 人生的首要法则就是永远要表现得自信。
Before you start your own business you should be familiar with the government's rules and regulations . 在创立自己的公司之前，你应该了解政府的有关条例和规定。
You must follow /obey /observe the rules. 你一定要遵守规则。
You must not break the rules. 你千万不可违反规则。
In special cases the manager will bend /stretch the rules (= allow the rules to be broken slightly ). 在特殊情况下，经理会对这些规定进行变通。
You can trust Ruth because she always plays (it) by/goes by/does things by the rules (= follows instructions , standards , or rules). 你可以信任露丝，她做事一贯遵守规矩。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] It's against the rules (of/in boxing ) to hit below the belt . 击打腰带以下的部位是违反（拳击比赛）规则的。
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] It's a club rule that new members must sing a song . 新成员一定要唱一首歌，这是俱乐部的规定。
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rule noun (CONTROL)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]a period of time during which a particular person or group is in control of a country
统治（期）；管辖（期）
The period of Fascist rule is one people try to forget . 那段法西斯统治的历史时期是人们想要努力忘却的。
We don't want one-party rule - we want rule by the people . 我们不想要一党专制－－我们想要的是民治。
也见 misrule
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习语
as a (general) rulemake it a rule
the rule
rule of thumb
rules are made to be broken 返回 rule