0 a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens or works -- 原理；原則
The machine works according to the principle of electromagnetic conduction. 這台機器根據電磁傳導原理運行。
The organization works on the principle that all members have the same rights. 該組織運作的原則是所有的成員都享有同等的權利。
In principle I agree with the idea, but in practice it's not always possible. 我大致贊成這個想法，但實際上這並非總是可行。
1 a moral rule or standard of good behaviour -- （行為）準則；道德；為人之道
She doesn't have any principles. 她毫無道德可言。
He was a man of principle. 他是個有道德準則的人。
Anyway, I can't deceive him - it's against all my principles. 無論如何，我不能欺騙他——這有悖於我做人的原則。
I never gamble, as a matter of principle (= because I believe it is wrong). 我從不賭博，對我來說這是個原則問題。
She'd never ask to borrow money, on principle. 按照她的處事原則，她從不向人借錢。
The school is based on the fundamental principle that each child should develop its full potential.
The government has promised to uphold the principles of democracy.
In the 1870s and 1880s, doctors began to follow the principles of antiseptic surgery.
The party's principles are basically egalitarian.
Johnson calls this phenomenon 'the principle of minimal effort'.
Alternatively, one can propose a general licensing principle that permits such violations at that level.
That principle, to recall, said that an agent should per form those actions demanded by plans it was optimal to adopt.
He thus sought to rehabilitate the doctrine of five principles for his project of philosophical chemistry by providing them with a corpuscular ontology.
