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principle
- IPA[ˈprɪnsɪpl]
英式
- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning;a rule or belief governing one's behaviour
noun: principle, plural noun: principles
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名詞
- 1. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning the basic principles of justice 同義詞
- ▪ a rule or belief governing one's behaviour struggling to be true to their own principles she resigned over a matter of principle 同義詞
- ▪ morally correct behaviour and attitudes a man of principle 同義詞
- 2. a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field.
- ▪ a natural law forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine these machines all operate on the same general principle
- 3. a fundamental source or basis of something the first principle of all things was water
- ▪ a fundamental quality determining the nature of something the combination of male and female principles
- ▪ an active or characteristic constituent of a substance, obtained by simple analysis or separation the active principle of Spanish fly