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词汇 principle
释义 principle
noun
uk /ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/ us /ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/

principlenoun (IDEA)


C1[ C ]
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works: 原理;原则
the principles of the criminal justice system刑事审判制度的原则
The country is run on socialist principles.这个国家推行社会主义制度。
The machine works according to the principle of electromagnetic conduction.这台机器根据电磁传导原理运行。
The organization works on the principle that all members have the same rights.该组织的工作原则是所有的成员都享有同等的权利。
Synonyms
basics
essential
foundation(BASIC FACT)
fundamentals
the rudiments
See also
first principlesUK
 in principle
C2
If you agree with or believe something in principle, you agree with the idea in general, although you might not support it in reality or in every situation: 原则上,大体上,基本上
In principle I agree with the idea, but in practice it's not always possible.我大体赞成这个想法,但实际上这并非总是可行。
The school is based on the fundamental principle that each child should develop its full potential.
The government has promised to uphold the principles of democracy.政府承诺将坚持民主的原则。
In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery.在19世纪70和80年代,医生们开始遵循无菌外科手术原则。
The party's principles are basically egalitarian.这个党的基本原则是人人平等。
Johnson calls this phenomenon 'the principle of minimal effort'.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ideas, concepts and theories
abstract
abstraction
accepted wisdom
afterthought
anthropocentrism
Darwinism
Darwinist
determinist
Dianetics
meat
motif
musings
natalism
non-dogmatic
sacred cow
social Darwinism
straw man
supersensible
tenet
the domino theory

principlenoun (RULE)


C2[ C or U ]approving
a moral rule or standard of good behaviour: (行为)准则;道德;为人之道
She doesn't have any principles.她毫无道德可言。
He was a man of principle.他是个有道德准则的人。
Anyway, I can't deceive him - it's against all my principles.无论如何,我不能欺骗他——这有悖于我做人的原则。
I never gamble, as a matter of principle (= because I believe it is wrong).我从不赌博,对我来说这是个原则问题。
She'd never ask to borrow money, on principle.按照她的处事原则,她从不向人借钱。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Morality and rules of behaviour
antisocial
antisocially
baseness
biocentric
bioethicist
claim
ethic
ethical
ethically
ethicist
ethos
honour
liberty
motto
principled
propriety
rule-based
savoury
script
the rights and wrongsidiom

Grammar



Principal or principle?
Principal as an adjective means ‘most important’: …

principle | American Dictionary


principle
noun
us/ˈprɪn·sə·pəl/

principlenoun (MORAL RULE)


[ C/U ]
a moral rule or standard of good behavior or fair dealing:
[ C ]His guiding principle is that everyone should have equal access to high-quality health care.
[ C ]He refused to compromise his principles.
 on principle
If you believe or act on principle, you are following a personal standard of behavior:
On principle, I never eat meat.

principlenoun (BASIC TRUTH)


[ Coften pl ]
a basic truth that explains or controls how something happens or works:
the principles of Newtonian physics
 in principle
Someone who agrees to something in principle agrees with the idea, but may not agree with using the idea to bring about practical changes:
In principle I agree that mothers should spend as much time as possible with their young children, but it isn’t easy.

principle | Business English


principle
noun
uk /ˈprɪnsəpl/us
[ C ]
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works:
a principle of sthThose who paid the most would be earning the most: it's a pretty basic principle of fair taxation.
basic/fundamental/general principleThe general principles of project management are much the same in the two cases.
on the principle thatThe organization works on the principle that all members have the same rights.
The country is run on socialist principles.
[ C or U ]
a moral rule or standard of good behaviour:
I never cheat a customer, as a matter of principle.
She'd never ask to borrow money, on principle.
 in principle
if you agree with or believe something in principle, you agree with the idea in general, although you might not agree with all the details or support it in every situation:
In principle, we support the merger, but we think the value is insufficient.
The EU may also move to implement a ban on new investment, previously agreed in principle.
if something should happen in principle, it should happen in theory although it does not in fact always happen or has not yet happened:
In principle, bonuses ought to fall when conditions get tough. In practice, they don't.

See also


ability to pay principle
accounting principle
benefit principle
the Pareto principle
statement of principles

Examples of principle


principle
Alternatively, one can propose a general licensing principle that permits such violations at that level.
That principle, to recall, said that an agent should per form those actions demanded by plans it was optimal to adopt.
He thus sought to rehabilitate the doctrine of five principles for his project of philosophical chemistry by providing them with a corpuscular ontology.
The philosophical concept of dependent moral status thus makes a crucial appeal to the ethical principle of beneficence.
But was this exclusion based on philosophical principle or on the contingent state of science?
The other two principles, the historical and etymological ones, only supplement the phonetic principle, but do not replace it.
Psychological inquiry into human prejudice processes also benefits from adaptationist principles.
It reinforces a basic principle of historical research.
Psychologists risk a similar confusion in formulating principles taken to govern mental representations.
For example, the parties can, in principle, always settle out of court.
The probabilistic model ranks documents according to their probability of being relevant to a query - the ordering principle.
In addition, both sets of principles agree upon how these pairs are ranked.
As a matter of principle, it was the spouses who were supposed to bring forward the witnesses to their nuptials.
The concept of the tachyon does not violate the principles of special relativity, and they are quite a simple theoretical construct.
These phases could have been used as an organising principle for the themes of the seminars.
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Collocations withprinciple


principle

These are words often used in combination with principle.

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absolute principle
I repeat that there is no absoluteprinciple involved.
From the
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abstract principle
Therefore, obligations to help parents do not exist as an abstractprinciple of firmly established norms, but are created concretely through interaction over time.
accepted principle
It is also becoming a more commonly acceptedprinciple in international arenas.
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