| 释义 |
pre·cept /ˈpriːsept/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 规诫，戒律
Islamic precepts 伊斯兰教戒律
2. 格言，箴言
“Look before you leap” is a familiar precept. “三思而后行”是一句家喻户晓的格言。
3. 规矩；规律
Parents must show by example as well as precept. 父母应该既有言传也有身教。
His high-school science course covered many of the basic precepts of modern physics. 他在中学修的理科课程包含了许多现代物理学的基本规律。
4. 训令；令状
5. 〈英〉(由某一地方政府向另一地方政府发出的)代收税率令；代收税率
[< L praeceptum maxim, injunction < praecipere to admonish < PRE- + capere to take] phr. Example is better than precept. 身教重于言传。 |