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law PRINCIPLEHlC:, $lB:n [C]a general rule which states what always happens when the same conditions exist规则,定律Newton's laws of motion牛顿运动定律The first law of (= the most important principle in) politics is -- if you're going to lie, don't get found out!在政治上最重要的一条是,如果你要撒谎,那么不要被发现。The law of averages is the belief that if something happens often then it will also happen regularly.概率If you toss a coin a hundred times, the law of averages suggests roughly fifty will come up heads and fifty tails.如果你把一个硬币扔一百次的话,那么根据概率,大概有50次是正面向上,50次是反面向上。The law of supply and demand is the idea that the price of goods and services depends on how much of something is being sold and how many people want to buy it.供求原则When there's a lot of unemployment, wages stay low -- it's the law of supply and demand.当存在大量失业的时候,工资比较低----这是由供求关系决定的。 [MURPHY'S LAW, PARKINSON'S LAW]
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