principle
- IPA[ˈprinsəp(ə)l]
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- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning；a rule or belief governing one's personal behavior
noun: principle, plural noun: principles
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- 1. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning the basic principles of Christianity 同義詞
- ▪ a rule or belief governing one's personal behavior struggling to be true to their own principles she resigned over a matter of principle 同義詞
- ▪ morally correct behavior 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 or attribute determining the nature of something; an essence the combination of male and female principles
- ▪ an active or characteristic constituent of a substance, obtained by simple analysis or separation the active principle in the medulla is epinephrine
- the fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based: I think we have to start again and go right back to first principles
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- the fundamental concepts or assumptions on which a theory, system, or method is based: I think we have to start again and go right back to first principles
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- the principle that members of a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they ...
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- as a general idea or plan, although the details are not yet established or clear
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- the instinctive drive to seek pleasure and avoid pain, expressed by the id as a basic ...
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- the principle that members of a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they ...
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- the principle that the introduction of a new product or process whose ultimate effects are ...
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- the principle that states that for very large quantum numbers the laws of quantum theory merge ...
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- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or ... the basic principles of justice
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