principle

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名词复数: principia

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Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

衡量理性的标准不是面积或高度，而是原则。

The board of directors approved the project in principle.

董事会原则上同意这个项目。

I agree with your statement in principle but I disagree on some details.

我原则上同意你的声明，但在某些细节上我有不同的意见。

A medieval missile launcher designed on the principle of the crossbow.

中世纪飞弹发射器是根据弩的原理设计的。

The system works on the principle that heat rises.

该项装置是按照热力上升的原理运转的。

They have agreed to the proposal in principle but we still have to negotiate the terms.

他们基本上同意了那项提议，但我们仍须商定条件。

Modern journalism justify its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgar.

现代的新闻工作，以“最庸俗者生存”这伟大的达尔文式的原则来为自己的存在辩护。

An ambitious politician, guided by expediency rather than principle.

一个有野心的政客，常为自身利益而不是原则来指导

A principle of allowing each state in a nation or federation to act independently of the central authority, especially in promoting its own economic interests.

独立发展自身利益的原则一种允许一个国家或联邦内的每一个州独立于中央集权而发展的原则，尤指互相提高自身经济利益方面