| 单词 | rule |
| 释义 | rule I. 1. a. < his parents laid down the rule that he must do his homework before going out to play > < a very sound rule for any hiker is to mind his own business — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox > < made it a rule never to lose his temper > b. < the rule of St. Dominic > c. < we are bound by the rules of our culture to conceal such matters — Marjorie Fischer > < the rule of the house was an early bedtime > d. (1) (2) (3) e. < a rule for limiting debate > < a rule against insulting language > < a rule for the admission of new members > f. < the infield fly rule > < the rules of professional basketball > 2. a. (1) < the exception proves the rule > (2) < fair weather was the rule yesterday afternoon over most of the nation — New York Times > < persons in whose families high blood pressure was the rule rather than the exception — Morris Fishbein > b. < “good enough” becomes the rule and enters into the character of our theater life — Leslie Rees > c. (1) < the rules of perspective > < the rules of harmony > < the rules of versification > (2) < a knowledge of the irrefragable rules of the comma was mistaken for a knowledge of language — Charlton Laird > d. (1) (2) dialect 3. a. (1) < under his firm rule, however, conditions quickly improved — C.M.Fuess > < establishing a single rule throughout the kingdom far and wide — B.N.Cardozo > (2) < during the rule of the Caesars > < in the first year of the rule of the republic > b. < to a child, winter … was confinement, school, rule, discipline — Henry Adams > 4. a. (1) (2) b. (1) (2) Britain (3) (4) (5) 5. obsolete < this uncivil rule — Shakespeare > 6. a. rules plural b. < was a prisoner on rule > Synonyms: see law • - as a rule - under the rule II. transitive verb 1. a. < so long as she could rule her own mind she was not afraid of the forces without — Ellen Glasgow > < what rules an Admission Dean's judgment in the midwinter heat of competition — V.S.Carruthers > < be ruled by me and have a care o' the crowd — Robert Browning > b. < went on a diet but found it difficult to rule her appetite > c. < rule a horse > 2. a. < became Speaker and for nearly two years ruled the Assembly with a rod of iron — E.H.Collis > < the territory is ruled by a high commissioner — Americana Annual > b. < an actor who rules the Shakespearean stage > < ruled the featherweight division — Providence (R.I.) Evening Bulletin > c. < profit taking ruled the stock market yesterday — Wall Street Journal > < the monsoon seasons, which rule the climate in a great part of Asia — Owen & Eleanor Lattimore > 3. a. b. < at the risk of really being ruled a maverick — Irving Kolodin > 4. a. (1) < rule a sheet of paper > : print or mark with lines by means of a rule < a pad of ruled yellow paper > (2) < ruled vertical lines on the sheet > b. < nor were the eyebrows bushy like most old men's, but smoothly ruled — Clemence Dane > < flowering shrubs which ruled the mountain walls like a sheet of paper — John Muir †1914 > intransitive verb 1. a. < ruled wisely over his subjects — Time > < a king who reigns but does not rule > b. < the physical did not rule in her nature — Sherwood Anderson > 2. a. < prices had ruled high — Robert Hunter > < in the offshore islands … temperature and humidity rule higher than on the mainland — Internat'l Reference Service > b. 3. a. b. c. Synonyms: see decide • - rule the roast III. slang < for a little attitude at the right price, sneakers rule — Tish Hamilton > |
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