Rule
[ruːl] or [rul]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths.
(noun.) a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; 'it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast'; 'short haircuts were the regulation'.
(noun.) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; 'he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs'; 'he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials'.
(noun.) any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; 'the rule of St. Dominic'.
(noun.) prescribed guide for conduct or action.
(noun.) directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; 'he knew the rules of chess'.
(noun.) (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice.
(noun.) the duration of a monarch's or government's power; 'during the rule of Elizabeth'.
(verb.) keep in check; 'rule one's temper'.
(verb.) decide with authority; 'The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed'.
(verb.) decide on and make a declaration about; 'find someone guilty'.
(verb.) mark or draw with a ruler; 'rule the margins'.
(verb.) have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac.
多琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
(a.) Uniform or established course of things.
(a.) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.
(a.) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions.
(a.) Conduct in general; behavior.
(a.) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
(a.) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
(a.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
(a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural "men", and is an exception to the rule.
(a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler.
(a.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
(a.) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
(a.) A composing rule. See under Conposing.
(n.) To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage.
(n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive.
(n.) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
(n.) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
(n.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
(v. i.) To have power or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.
(v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.
(v. i.) To keep within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices ruled lower yesterday than the day before.
校對:内尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Command, control, domination, dominion, lordship, mastership, mastery, government, empire, sway, direction, authority.[2]. Precept, law, canon, formula, test, criterion, standard, touchstone.[3]. Order, ruling, prescription, regulation.[4]. Ruler.
v. a. [1]. Govern, control, conduct, direct, lead, have under one's thumb, lead by the nose, lord over, lord it over, domineer over.[2]. (Law.) Determine, decide.
v. n. Command, govern, DOMINEER, have command, have control, rule the roast, have one's own way, wear the breeches, take the lead.
巴雷特校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Govern, manage, control, direct, command, dominate,[See PERNICIOUS]
SYN:Regulation, law, precept, principle, maxim, practice, guide, canon, order,method, direction, authority, control, mastery, government, decision,determination, habit
ANT:Irregularity, nonconformity, exception, deviation, eccentricity
阿斯特編輯
解釋/意思:
n. revelry.—v.i. to revel.
n. government: a principle: a standard: a statute a maxim formula or order: an instrument used in drawing lines or making calculations mechanically: a minor law something established for guidance and direction esp. the regulations of monasteries corporate societies &c.: the limits of a prison (esp. in pl.): conformity to rule uniformity: in American parliamentary law the regulations adopted by a deliberative body for the regulation of its proceedings: (gram.) the expression of some established form of construction: the description of a process for solving a problem: a general proposition as 'Failure is the rule success the exception': (law) an order regulating the court: (print.) a thin strip of rolled brass cut type high used for printing: in plastering a strip of wood on the face of the wall as a guide to assist in keeping the plane surface.—v.t. to dispose: to regulate: to dominate: to govern: to manage: to prevail upon: to settle as by a rule: to establish by decision: to determine as a court: to mark with lines.—v.i. to exercise power (with over): to decide: to lay down and settle: to stand or range as prices.—adj. Ru′lable governable: allowable.—ns. Rule′-case (print.) a tray with partitions for rules; Rule′-cut′ter (print.) a machine for cutting brass rules into short lengths; Rule′-drill′er a teacher who teaches by rote; Rule′-joint a pivoted joint used by surveyors &c.—adj. Rule′less lawless.—ns. Rule′lessness; Rule′-mong′er a stickler for rules; Ru′ler a sovereign: a governor: an instrument used in drawing lines: in engraving a straight steel bar employed in engraving the lines; Ru′lership; Rule′-work (print.) work with many rules as tables of figures &c.—adj. Ru′ling predominant: prevailing: reigning.—n. the determination by a judge esp. an oral decision: the act of making ruled lines.—n. Ru′ling-en′gine a machine for ruling diffraction gratings.—adv. Ru′lingly.—ns. Ru′ling-machine′ a machine used by engravers for ruling in flat tints: a machine for ruling parallel coloured lines upon writing-paper; Ru′ling-pen a form of pen for drawing lines of even thickness; Slid′ing-rule a rule having one or more scales which slide over others for the purpose of facilitating calculations.—Rule of faith not the sum of the Christian faith as laid down in creeds and confessions but in polemical theology the sources whence the doctrines of the faith are to be authoritatively derived—the Scriptures the tradition of the Church the teaching of the Fathers &c.; Rule of the road the regulations to be observed in the movements of conveyances either on land or at sea—thus in England drivers riders and cyclists take the left side in meeting and the right in passing; Rule of three the method of finding the fourth term when three are given; Rule of thumb any rough process of measurement.—A rule to show cause or A rule nisi a rule which is conditional (see Nisi); As a rule on the whole; One hour rule a rule prohibiting members of the United States House of Representatives speaking more than an hour.
編輯:摩尔
例句/造句/用法:
- You'll go on as you begin, and Amy will rule you all the days of your life. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I don't think you need be afraid of that, replied Helena, with great scorn; Andros is not likely to rule Melnos. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Under his rule were carried out the dragonnades, a peculiarly malignant and effectual form of persecution. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The first principle which runs through all art and nature is simplicity; this also is to be the rule of human life. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Wines, currants, and wrought silks, were the only goods which did not fall within this rule, having other and more advantageous allowances. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The motley of people under his rule knew little of him and cared less. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- So, by the same rule, if a woman's a party to a secret that might hang or transport her, I'm not afraid of her telling it to anybody; not I! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Your god rules at the bridal of kings; look at your royal dynasties! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Thus our general rules are in a manner set in opposition to each other. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Against the rules,' said Mr. Tuckle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- By the rules of precedency, a captain in the navy ranks with a colonel in the army; but he does not rank with him in the common estimation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Property must be stable, and must be fixed by general rules. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The philosopher himself has lost the love of truth, and the soldier, who is of a simpler and honester nature, rules in his stead. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is not prose but poetry, at least a great part of it, and ought not to be judged by the rules of logic or the probabilities of history. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- After his downfall, the Republic still ruled unassailable. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And he did not believe in the extreme discretion that then ruled Roman strategy. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If right principles ruled through the kingdom, there would be no necessity for me to change its state. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The populations over which Charles Martel and King Pepin ruled were at very different levels of civilization in different districts. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Yes, there's some house or other that might have had a man for a master--such as he is--that's now ruled by a woman alone. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- We are ruled by custom upon Barsoom. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Let us see, said Caleb, taking up a pen, examining it carefully and handing it, well dipped, to Fred with a sheet of ruled paper. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You have to imagine, then, that there are two ruling powers, and that one of them is set over the intellectual world, the other over the visible. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Brahminism had long since ousted Buddhism from India, but the converts to Islam were still but a small ruling minority in the land. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Now that was tact, for two of the ruling foibles of the masculine mind were touched. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- And if this small ruling class have wisdom, then the whole State will be wise. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- In that year Cyrus was ruling over an empire that reached from the boundaries of Lydia to Persia and perhaps to India. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But the ruling class do not want remedies; they care only for money, and are as careless of virtue as the poorest of the citizens. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- His ruling thought, his great contribution to political literature, was that the moral obligations upon ordinary men cannot bind princes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
校對:马尔科姆