rules
n. 規程; 規章; 條例; 守則(rule的複數); 規則( rule的名詞複數 ); 統治; 習慣; 尺
Rules are instructions that tell you what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to do.
...a thirty-two-page pamphlet explaining the rules of basketball...
說明籃球規則的32頁的小冊子
Sikhs were expected to adhere strictly to the religious rules concerning appearance...
錫克教徒應當嚴格遵守該教對外表的規定。
A rule is a statement telling people what they should do in order to achieve success or a benefit of some kind.
An important rule is to drink plenty of water during any flight...
一條重要的原則就是每次坐飛機都要多喝水。
By and large, the rules for healthy eating are the same during pregnancy as at any other time.
總的來說,懷孕期間健康飲食的原則和其他時期是一致的。
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.
It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.
形容詞一般放在所修飾名詞的前面是英語中的一條規律。
...according to the rules of quantum theory.
根據量子論的原理
If something is the rule, it is the normal state of affairs.
However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception.
然而,現在對於很多美國人來說,週末工作不幸已經成為了一種普遍情況,而非例外。
The person or group that rules a country controls its affairs.
For four centuries, he says, foreigners have ruled Angola...
他說,外來者統治安哥拉的時間已長達4個世紀。
He ruled for eight months.
他統治了8個月的時間。
If something rules your life, it influences or restricts your actions in a way that is not good for you.
Scientists have always been aware of how fear can rule our lives and make us ill.
科學家一直都很清楚恐懼會影響我們的生活,引起我們身體的不適。
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.
The court ruled that laws passed by the assembly remained valid...
法院裁定議會透過的法律仍然有效。
The Israeli court has not yet ruled on the case...
以色列法院尚未對此案作出裁決。
If you rule a straight line, you draw it using something that has a straight edge.
...a ruled grid of horizontal and vertical lines.
由水平線和垂直線畫成的格子
If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens.
As a rule, however, such attacks have been aimed at causing damage rather than taking life.
然而,通常此類襲擊只是為了造成破壞,並非要人性命。
As a general rule, burglars are wary about gaining entry from the front or side of a building.
通常來說,竊賊對從房屋的正面或側面潛入會比較謹慎。
If someone in authority bends the rules or stretches the rules, they do something even though it is against the rules.
There is a particular urgency in this case, and it would help if you could bend the rules.
這次碰巧有緊急情況,如果您能通融一下就好了。
A rule of thumb is a rule or principle that you follow which is not based on exact calculations, but rather on experience.
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...
根據經驗來看,如果僱主要獲得利潤,那麼其代理商必須賣出相當於其工資10倍的銷售額。
As a rule of thumb, a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine.
憑經驗估計,一杯過濾咖啡約含80毫克咖啡因。
If workers work to rule, they protest by working according to the rules of their job without doing any extra work or taking any new decisions.
Nurses are continuing to work to rule.
護士們還在消極怠工。
An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
反墮胎者所作的加強法規的嘗試失敗了。
These large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.
這些大機構總是隨意制定規定,而且說變就變。
We post up a set of rules for the house.
我們張貼了一份房屋生活守則。
A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules.
少數官員準備篡改規則。
In most of the residence halls we visited, rules prohibit disorderly conduct.
在我們走訪的學生宿舍裡,大多明令禁止胡作非為。