Significato di principle in italiano

• 0 a belief about how you should behave -- principio

  • He must be punished – it’s a matter of principle. Deve essere punito – è una questione di principio.

• 1 If you refuse to do something on principle, you refuse to do it because you think it is wrong. -- per principio

  • She doesn’t wear fur on principle. Non porta la pelliccia per principio.

• 2 a general truth, rule or law -- principio

  • the principle of gravity.

• 3 the theory by which a machine etc works -- principio

  • the principle of the jet engine.