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词汇 rule
释义 rule
noun
uk /ruːl/ us /ruːl/

rulenoun (INSTRUCTION)


B1[ Cusually plural ]
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do: 规则;法则;规章;条例
A referee must know all the rules of the game.裁判一定要通晓比赛的所有规则。
The first/most important rule in life is always to appear confident.人生的首要法则就是永远要表现得自信。
Before you start your own business you should be familiar with the government's rules and regulations.在创立自己的公司之前,你应该了解政府的有关条例和规定。
You must follow/obey/observe the rules.你一定要遵守规则。
You must not break the rules.你千万不可违反规则。
In special cases the manager will bend/stretch the rules (= allow the rules to be broken slightly).在特殊情况下,经理会对这些规定进行变通。
You can trust Ruth because she always plays (it) by/goes by/does things by the rules (= follows instructions, standards, or rules).你可以信任露丝,她做事一贯遵守规矩。
[ + to infinitive ]It's against the rules (of/in boxing) to hit below the belt.击打腰带以下的部位是违反(拳击比赛)规则的。
[ + that ]It's a club rule that new members must sing a song.新成员一定要唱一首歌,这是俱乐部的规定。
There are exceptions to every rule.每条规则皆有例外。
There's an unwritten rule that you don't wear jeans to work.上班不穿牛仔裤是条不成文的规定。
They made an ineffective attempt to get the rules changed.他们试图改变规则,但未成功。
Prisoners complain that they are subjected to too many petty rules and restrictions.犯人们抱怨他们受到太多条条框框的管制。
Grammatical rules prescribe how words may be used together.语法规则对单词如何搭配使用作出了规定。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rules & laws
administrative
admiralty
anti-bribery
anti-regulatory
anti-sodomy
blue law
humanitarian law
invocation
juridical
juridically
juristic
land tenure
legislation
mandatory
provision
the rule of law
Ts and Cs
uncalled
uncanonical
unenforceable

rulenoun (CONTROL)


C2[ U ]
a period of time during which a particular person or group is in control of a country: 统治(期);管辖(期)
The period of Fascist rule is one people try to forget.那段法西斯统治的历史时期是人们想要努力忘却的。
We don't want one-party rule - we want rule by the people.我们不想要一党专制--我们想要的是民治。
See also
misrule
Various parts of Africa have suffered under colonial rule.非洲各地都遭受过殖民统治。
UK The constituency fell to Labour at the last election, after ten years of Conservative rule.
The president resigned after 30 years of autocratic rule.这位总统在进行了30年的独裁统治后辞职下台。
In the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical rule of her mother.最后她离家出走,为的只是逃脱母亲专横的管制。
The people revolted against foreign rule and established their own government.人们奋起反抗外来统治,并成立了自己的政府。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ruling & governing
administration
affairs of state
ascend
ascend the throneidiom
bipartisanship
government-sponsored
governmental
governmentally
governorate
hard Brexitidiom
oppression
oppressively
oppressiveness
overgovern
subjection
subjugate
subjugation
super-government
the politburo
tinpot

Idioms


as a (general) rule
make it a rule
rule of thumb
rules are made to be broken
rule
verb
uk /ruːl/ us /ruːl/

ruleverb (CONTROL)


B2[ I or T ]
to control or be the person in charge of something such as a country: 控制;统治;治理
Most modern kings and queens rule (their countries) only in a formal way, without real power.现代的大多数国王或女王(对他们的国家)的统治都只是形式上的,并不握有实权。
She rules her household with an iron hand/fist(= severely).她在家里大权在握,持家很严。
B2[ I or T ]
to be the most important and controlling influence on someone: 支配,操控,控制
Love ruled supreme in her heart.她的心已被爱所俘虏。
The desperate desire to go to Moscow ruled their lives.要去莫斯科的强烈愿望支配了他们的生活。
The occupying force ruled by diktat.占领军实行严格的军事统治。
The Romans ruled over most of Europe.古罗马人统治了欧洲大部分地区。
He was able to rule the game with his superior strength and skill.
He has been ruling the country since a military coup in 1987.
It used to be said that Britain ruled an empire on which the sun never set.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ruling & governing
administration
affairs of state
ascend
ascend the throneidiom
bipartisanship
government-sponsored
governmental
governmentally
governorate
hard Brexitidiom
oppression
oppressively
oppressiveness
overgovern
subjection
subjugate
subjugation
super-government
the politburo
tinpot

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Controlling and being in charge

ruleverb (DECIDE)


[ I or T ]
to decide officially: 裁决,裁定;判定;决定
Only the Appeal Court can rule on this point.只有上诉法院才可以就这一问题作出判决。
The judge ruled for/in favour of/against the defendant.法官作出了有利于/不利于被告的判决。
[ + that ]The government has ruled that the refugees must be deported.政府已经作出决定,难民必须被驱逐出境。
[ + obj + noun/adj ]The courts have ruled his brave action illegal.法院裁决他的勇敢行为不合法。
See also
overruleformal
Her confession was ruled inadmissible as evidence because it was given under pressure from the police.她的供词是在警方压力下作出的,因此被判定不能作为证据。
The judge ruled that the directors had knowingly broken the law.法官判定董事们知法犯法。
The judge ruled her unfit to plead on the grounds of insanity.
We won't be surprised if the judge rules in her favour.
The player was ruled off-side and so the goal was disallowed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

UK politics: legislation & law-making
abolish
abrogate
abrogation
amendment
assemblyman
constitutionally
enact
First Minister's Questions
FMQs
gold plate
Green Paper
guillotine
parliamentarian
penal reform
PMQs
pocket veto
presiding officer
promulgate
White Paper
writ

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Judges & juries

ruleverb (DRAW)


[ T ]
to draw a straight line using something that has a straight edge: (借助有直边的东西)画(线)
She ruled two red lines under the title.她在标题下面画了两条红线。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Painting, drawing & printing
airbrush
axonometric
brushstroke
brushwork
chiaroscuro
describe
drawing
drawn
engraving
etching
face painting
illustrate
paint
painterly
painting
painting by numbersidiom
pentimento
shade
touch something in
vanishing point

Idioms


be ruled by someone
rule OK
rule the roost

Phrasal verbs


rule something or someone in
rule something or someone out
rule something out

the rule


idiom
the usual situation: 普遍情况;惯常的事,通常发生的事
In England, it often seems that rain is the rule all year long.在英格兰,人们常感觉好像一年到头总在下雨。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Habitual and customary
accustomed
all in a day's workidiom
as a (general) ruleidiom
as a matter of courseidiom
as per usual/normalidiom
inveterate
inveterately
knee-jerk
mainstreaming
make it a ruleidiom
mechanical
nine
ordinarily
per
prevail
pro forma
regulation
surprise
surprise, surpriseidiom
territory

rule | American Dictionary


rule
noun
us/rul/

rulenoun (INSTRUCTION)


[ C ]
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do:
The company's chief executive failed to enforce federal workplace rules.
If you broke the rule, you’re going to be punished for it.
It's against the rules to kick someone.

rulenoun (CONTROL)


[ U ]
control:
This area was under Polish rule until the start of World War II.
rule
verb[ I/T ]
us/rul/

ruleverb[I/T] (DECIDE)


to decide officially:
[ I ]A lower court ruled in favor of the society.
[ + that clause ]The judge ruled that the defendant be taken back to Virginia.

ruleverb[I/T] (CONTROL)


politics & government
to control, or be the person in charge of a country:
[ I ]The prince ruled wisely and well.

Phrasal verb


rule out something

rule | Business English


rule
noun[ C ]
uk /ruːl/us
GOVERNMENT, LAW
an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do:
rules and regulations.
a general/basic/fundamental rule
As a general rule, companies do not qualify for the generous tax breaks if they are listed on another exchange.
a rule about/on sthHodgson breached Football League rules on payments to agents.
a rule of sthA basic rule of finance is that if an asset produces a high return, it carries a high risk.
make/set/change the rules
follow/obey/observe the rules
strict/tough rules
be against the rulesSuch misleading advertising is against the rules.
it is against the rules to do sthHalverson said it was against the group's rules to disclose the number of volunteers in its ranks.
Under current rules only €30,000 of savings would be protected should the bank collapse.
break the rules
This huge company has been the exception to the rule that conglomerates are doomed to underperformance.
 bend/stretch the rules
to allow the rules to be broken in a way that is not very serious:
Is it acceptable to lie, cheat, or just bend the rules a little in order to succeed in our highly competitive world?
In special cases the manager will stretch the rules.
 rule of thumb
a practical and approximate way of measuring or deciding about something:
As a rule of thumb, the higher the yield offered, the riskier the investments will be.
 the rules of the game
the set of ideas and principles that most people involved in an activity, area of business, etc. accept and follow:
Both companies changed the rules of the retail game by producing entertaining retail experiences.
know the rules of the game.
 sth is the rule
used to say that a particular condition or way of operating is typical or accepted in a particuar situation:
In most public school libraries, a staff of one person is the rule, not the exception.
In the newest high-end restaurants, high style is the rule.

See also


ground rules
the Hague Rules
runverb
rule
verb
uk /ruːl/us
[ I or T ] LAW
to decide officially:
The judge ruled that the directors had knowingly broken the law.
rule on sthShe is expected to rule on the matter within 20 days.
rule on how/whether/what, etc.On Friday a judge will rule on whether proper procedures were adhered to.
rule for/againstThe EC ruled against the merger.
The judged ruled in favour of the plaintiff.

See also


overrule

Phrasal verbs


rule sth/sb out
rule sth out

Examples of rule


rule
Disjunctive logic programs are characterised by permitting disjunctions in rule heads.
The advice is a genuine rule for the players who give it extra weight, but not for the ones who do not.
The treatment of linearised rules in the rest of the section, though rigorous, will not be too formal.
When a rule is universally applied, the differentiation of the characteristics is purely through the curve modification rules.
If a rule with such a "compound" body is not redundant it might be so in part.
Therefore, by repeated application of the rules the input types are reduced to a normal form.
He refuses to give his experiences over to the historian and let him examine them according to the rules of scientific discourse.
We apply a reduction rule by using a maximal reduction context for the term that should be reduced.
The rules that were removed, were simply those with the smallest probability (irrespective of the nonterminals they contained).
This process does require technical knowledge for rule construction and assumes that the user understands negation as failure extensively.
But whether such ends are achieved may depend on how the rules are taught.
Young people simply don't come along with a preconceived perfect set of rules; they need to learn and need to be taught.
Perhaps some of the rules of social behaviour are instilled in us by a form of teaching which we have all now forgotten.
Although weakening of contexts is not present as a rule, it is obviously admissible in all these systems.
In particular, we will consider rewrite rules whose 'algebraicability' is independent from systems and contexts.
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Collocations withrule


rule

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accepted rule
However, these plays seem at first to be exceptions to a generally acceptedrule.
allocation rule
In this case, however, would everyone, or even most people, support this allocation rule?
authoritarian rule
The same is true of authoritarianrule.
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