英语释义

1. a prescribed guide for conduct or action

2. the laws or regulations prescribed by the founder of a religious order for observance by its members

3. an accepted procedure, custom, or habit

4. a usually written order or direction made by a court regulating court practice or the action of parties

5. a legal precept or doctrine

6. a regulation or bylaw governing procedure or controlling conduct

7. a usually valid generalization

8. a generally prevailing quality, state, or mode
fair weather was the rule yesterday
— The New York Times

9. a standard of judgment criterion

10. a regulating principle

11. a determinate method for performing a mathematical operation and obtaining a certain result

12. the exercise of authority or control dominion

13. a period during which a specified ruler or government exercises control

14. a strip of material marked off in units used especially for measuring ruler sense 3, tape measure

15. a metal strip with a type-high face that prints a linear design also a linear design produced by or as if by such a strip

16. for the most part generally

17. to exert control, direction, or influence on
the passions that rule our minds

18. to exercise control over especially by curbing or restraining
rule a fractious horse ruled his appetites firmly

19. to exercise authority or power over often harshly or arbitrarily
the speaker ruled the legislature with an iron hand

20. to be preeminent in dominate

21. to determine and declare authoritatively especially to command or determine judicially

22. to mark with lines drawn along or as if along the straight edge of a ruler

23. to mark (a line) on a paper with a ruler

24. to arrange in a line

25. to exercise supreme authority

26. to be first in importance or prominence predominate
the physical did not rule in her nature
— Sherwood Anderson

27. to exist in a specified state or condition

28. to lay down a legal rule

29. to be extremely cool or popular —used as a generalized term of praise or approval
for a little attitude at the right price, sneakers rule
— Tish Hamilton

30. a statement that tells you what is or is not allowed in a particular game, situation, etc.

31. a statement that tells you what is allowed or what will happen within a particular system (such as a language or science)

32. a piece of advice about the best way to do something

33. to have control and power over a country, area, group, etc.

34. to have great influence over (someone)

35. to make a legal decision about something

36. a guide or principle for conduct or action
To play this game, you need to follow the rules.

37. an accepted or usual method, custom, or habit
“I'm a pretty quiet creature as a rule,” said the horse …
— Hugh Lofting, Dr. Dolittle

38. the exercise of authority or control government The country was under British rule.

39. ruler sense 2

40. to exercise authority over govern

41. control entry 1 sense 1, direct
Don't let emotions rule your decision.

42. to be supreme or outstanding in
He rules the tennis courts.

43. to give or state as a considered decision The judge ruled that the evidence could not be used.

44. to mark with lines drawn along the straight edge of a ruler

45. a regulating principle or precept

46. an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding especially upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to perform an act or show cause why an act should not be performed
a rule directing the district court to show cause why its ruling should not be vacated
— People v. District Court, 797 P.2d 1259 (1990)

47. a usually judicially promulgated regulation having the force of law that governs judicial practice or procedure
rules of evidence rules of appellate procedure — see also rule of court

48. rule of law sense 1

49. all or part of a statement (as a regulation) by an administrative agency that has general or particular applicability and future effect and that is designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or that describes the organization, procedure, or practice of the agency itself
a rule subject to statutory notice and comment requirements for informal rulemaking

50. a regulation or bylaw governing procedure or conduct in a body, organization, institution, or proceeding

51. a resolution of a legislative rules committee setting forth the terms for consideration of a particular bill by the entire body

52. the exercise of authority or control
majority rule — see also home rule, rule of law sense 2

53. to exercise authority or power over

54. to determine and declare authoritatively especially to command or determine judicially
ruled the evidence inadmissible

55. to lay down a rule or ruling
ruled in favor of the plaintiff

片语

work rules就业规则

school rules校规；学校规章制度

The Rules规则

rules of procedure议事规则；程序规则

general rules一般规则；总则；通用规则

provisional rules暂行条例；暂行规则；暂行条款

administrative rules行政法规；管理行政规定（administrative rule的复数）

traffic rules交通法规；交通规则（traffic rule的复数）

break rules犯规；破例

Final Rules最终规则

uniform rules统一规则

business rules商业规则（business rule的复数）

set of rules规则组

Design Rules设计规则；设计规格

competition rules比赛规则

library rules图书室使用规定；图书馆制度（library rule的复数形式）

Association Rules关联规则

arbitration rules仲裁规则

operating rules操作规程

conflict rules沖突法规

rules of evidence证据规则

rules of engagement交战规则；约会规则（电视剧名字）；火线沖突（电影名字）

disobey the rules违抗规定

working rules工作规则；操作惯例

rules of thumb经验法则；拇指规则

英汉例句

• adhering to the new rules meant inflicting serious damage on motor racing.

  遵守新的规定就意味着赛车比赛将遭受严重影响。

• children not only feel they should obey these rules themselves, but also that they should make others in the group do the same.

  孩子不仅觉得自己要遵守这些规则，而且认为他们应该让集体中的其他人也遵守。

• rules govern how to specialize safely: each new information type must map to an existing one, and new information types must be more restrictive than the existing one in the content that they allow.

  规则可以监管如何安全地专门化：每一新信息类型必须映射到现有的一种类型，而且新信息类型必须比它们所允许的内容中现成的更加有限制性。

• under the rules of the game, you really never know.

  根据游戏的规则，你确实永远也不会知道

• the solution should rather be an equalization of the rules of competition.

  这个解决方案应该是竞争规则的一个均衡。

• i hope the new rules would hit off with my team.

  我希望新出台的规则能适合我们的球队。

• the rules state that samples must be enclosed in two watertight containers.

  规则要求样本必须装在两个水密容器中。

• an attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.

  反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。

• the officials have been instructed to loosen up on the rules for admitting people into the country.

  官员们接到指示，放宽入境规定。

• we post up a set of rules for the house.

  我们张贴了一份房屋生活守则。

• the following few rules contain the secret of correct book-keeping.

  以下几条规定包含了正确记账的秘诀。

• if you remember these three golden rules you won't go far wrong.

  记住这三条金律，就不会错到哪儿。

• learn the rules of good writing… then learn when and how to break them.

  学习优秀的写作规则……然后学习何时以及如何打破它们。

• well, you have rules in your head.

  在你的头脑中有许多的规则

• in most of the residence halls we visited, rules prohibit disorderly conduct.

  在我们走访的学生宿舍里，大多明令禁止胡作非为。

• the drawback of this approach is that it only moves the rules themselves and registered columns, but not the metadata associated with them (for example, the execution history).

  该方法的缺点是，它只能移动规则本身和注册的列，不能移动与它们相关的元数据（例如，执行历史）。

• these rules have targets that tell the kernel what to do with packets coming from certain sources, heading for certain destinations or have certain protocol types.

  这些规则具有目标，它们告诉内核对来自某些源、前往某些目的地或具有某些协议类型的信息包做些什么。

• sikhs were expected to adhere strictly to the religious rules concerning appearance.

  锡克教徒应当严格遵守该教对外表的规定。

• they might need to go through the rules with you, you might need to remind them.

  他们可能需要和你一起把这些规则过一遍，而你可能还需要帮他们回忆这些。

• she gave a clear explanation of each of the rules and regulations.

  她对各项规定作了明确的阐释。

• the club applied the rules to new members only.

  俱乐部仅对新会员实行这些规定。

• the number of rules not verified by each record.

  未被每个记录验证的规则数量。

• so, presumably, if we follow our rules so far only one of these should be correct.

  那么，可以假定，如果我们按照之前的规则,应该只有一个是正确的。

• but the new rules have been criticised because they do not include punishments for those who choose to ignore them.

  但是这项新规定遭到了批评，因为没有包括对那些忽视此项规定的人做出惩处。

• these large institutions make — and change—the rules to suit themselves.

  这些大机构总是随意制定规定，而且说变就变。

相似词

bylaw次要法规；细则；地方法则；（社团制定的）内部章程

regabbr. 注册表文件；寄存器（register ）

regulation规定的；平常的