| 释义 |
principles noun, plural—原则 n (almost always used) Examples:discuss principles to be followed—adhere to principles of truth and right—precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006)—do official business according to the official principles (i.e. without involving private interests)—principles of medical science—lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom); fig. have a knack for good business—would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles—pattern-syndrome identification based on the eight principles (TCM)—abstract theory or guiding principles—Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence—study the underlying principles—the Three Principles (in many contexts)—"eight principles," a method of giving a general description and syndrome differentiation (TCM)—classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc—one with no fixed principles [idiom.]—three principles and five virtues [idiom.]—put one's own safety before matters of principle—Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)—study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge—speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle—lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper—literary name (an alternative name of person stressing a moral principle)—agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable—mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion—study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end—One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China—variational principle (physics)—take as a guiding principle [idiom.]— |