第三人称复数：precepts
1. 教规;训诫：教区学校||parish school; parochial school | 教规;训诫||precept | 教会教育||Church education; Missionary education
2. 教训,箴言：precedent 前例,先例 | precept 教训,箴言 | precinct 区域,区,范围
3. 技术规则：power and lighting system 动力与照明系统 | precept 技术规则 | preliminary design 初步设计
1. 准则；规范；戒律
A precept is a general rule that helps you to decide how you should behave in particular circumstances.
e.g. ...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
e.g. ...the precepts of Buddhism.
佛教的戒律
1. It is also quite a normal response for a country trying to persist with its " peaceful rise " precept.
2. This comes from her mother's precept that one should be good to everything and everybody.
3. First they will ruin him financially by turning the tables on the precept that the house always wins.
noun
1. a doctrine that is taught
e.g. the teachings of religion
he believed all the Christian precepts
Synonym: teaching commandment
2. rule of personal conduct
Synonym: principle