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🔑 prin·ciple AW BrE /ˈprɪnsəpl/NAmE /ˈprɪnsəpl/ noun🔑 [C, usually pl., U] a moral rule or a strong belief that influences your actions 道德原则；行为准则；规范◆He has high moral principles. 他道德高尚。◆I refuse to lie about it; it's against my principles. 我绝不为此事撒谎；那是违背我的原则的。◆Stick to your principles and tell him you won't do it. 要恪守自己的原则，告诉他你绝不会干的。◆She refuses to allow her family to help her as a matter of principle. 她不要家人帮忙，对她来说这是个原则问题。◆He doesn't invest in the arms industry on principle. 他根据自己的信条，不投资军火工业。🔑 [C] a law, a rule or a theory that sth is based on 法则；原则；原理◆the principles and practice of writing reports 报告写作的理论与实践◆The principle behind it is very simple. 其中的原理十分简单。◆There are three fundamental principles of teamwork. 团队合作有三个基本原则。◆Discussing all these details will get us nowhere; we must get back to first principles (= the most basic rules). 一直谈这些细节不会有结果的；我们必须回到根本原则上来。🔑 [C] a belief that is accepted as a reason for acting or thinking in a particular way 观念；（行动、思想的）理由，信条◆the principle that free education should be available for all children 所有儿童都应该能享受免费教育的观念🔑 [sing.] a general or scientific law that explains how sth works or why sth happens 定律；工作原理◆the principle that heat rises 热气上升的定律 ●in ˈprinciple🔑 if something can be done in principle, there is no good reason why it should not be done although it has not yet been done and there may be some difficulties 原则上；理论上◆In principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be able to do one day. 原则上，总会有一天，凡是人能做的事，机器就能做。🔑 in general but not in detail 大体上；基本上◆They have agreed to the proposal in principle but we still have to negotiate the terms. 他们已基本同意了这项提议，但我们还得磋商各项条款。 |