principle
- n. 原理，原则；主义，道义；本质，本义；根源，源泉
英英释意
- 1. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct;
- "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
- 2. a rule or standard especially of good behavior;
- "a man of principle"
- "he will not violate his principles"
- 3. a basic truth or law or assumption;
- "the principles of democracy"
- 4. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system;
- "the principle of the conservation of mass"
- "the principle of jet propulsion"
- "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
- 5. rule of personal conduct
- 6. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);
- "the rationale for capital punishment"
- "the principles of internal-combustion engines"