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precept n.道德箴言；规则；训诫 (1) 身教胜于言传。(2) 只要按这几条格言行事，你一生就不会出大错。(3) 当然，在英美法系中，先例是基本的规则。(4) 任何一条道德戒律在奉行时都会引起不便。 Precepts are little life lessons that are usually passed down to children by authority figures such as parents, teachers, or religious figures. They are not as simple or practical as "eat your vegetables"; they tend to be more weighty and pretentious. In Hamlet, the character Polonius dished out a few choice precepts to his son Laertes: "neither a borrower nor a lender be" and "give every man thy ear, but few thy voice." Of course Laertes never lived long enough to benefit from Polonius's sage advice, since Hamlet offed him with his own poisoned blade.

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英 ['priːsept] 美 ['priːsept] (1) Example is better than precept.(2) Just follow these few basic precepts and you won't go far wrong in life.(3) In the Anglo-American system, of course, precedent is a fundamental precept.(4) There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. A precept is a rule or direction, often with some religious basis, dictating a way you should act or behave. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]准则；规范；戒律 A precept is a general rule that helps you to decide how you should behave in particular circumstances.   [FORMAL 正式]...an electoral process based on the precept that all men are born equal.以所有人生而平等这一准则为基础的选举程序...the precepts of Buddhism.佛教的戒律

英语单词	precept
英美音标	英 ['priːsept] 美 ['priːsept]
中文释义	n.道德箴言；规则；训诫
英语例句	(1) Example is better than precept. (2) Just follow these few basic precepts and you won't go far wrong in life. (3) In the Anglo-American system, of course, precedent is a fundamental precept. (4) There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
中文例句	(1) 身教胜于言传。 (2) 只要按这几条格言行事，你一生就不会出大错。 (3) 当然，在英美法系中，先例是基本的规则。 (4) 任何一条道德戒律在奉行时都会引起不便。
vocabulary简明	A precept is a rule or direction, often with some religious basis, dictating a way you should act or behave.
vocabulary扩展	Precepts are little life lessons that are usually passed down to children by authority figures such as parents, teachers, or religious figures. They are not as simple or practical as "eat your vegetables"; they tend to be more weighty and pretentious. In Hamlet, the character Polonius dished out a few choice precepts to his son Laertes: "neither a borrower nor a lender be" and "give every man thy ear, but few thy voice." Of course Laertes never lived long enough to benefit from Polonius's sage advice, since Hamlet offed him with his own poisoned blade.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]准则；规范；戒律 A precept is a general rule that helps you to decide how you should behave in particular circumstances. [FORMAL 正式] ...an electoral process based on the precept that all men are born equal. 以所有人生而平等这一准则为基础的选举程序 ...the precepts of Buddhism. 佛教的戒律

Precept Rule Religious Hamlet Thy 英 Priːsept] 美 Priːsept