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precept

英 ['priːsept] 美 ['prisɛpt]

解释

n. 规则；格言；训诫；命令

※ 提供单词"precept"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

precept 规范，准则

pre-,在前，早于，-cept,拿，握，持有，词源同accept,capable.引申词义规范，准则。

英文词源

precept (n.): late 14c., from Old French percept, percet (12c.), from Latin praeceptum "maxim, rule of conduct, order," noun use of neuter past participle of praecipere "give rules to, order, advise," literally "take beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + capere (past participle captus) "to take" (see capable). For change of vowel, see biennial.

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例句和用法

1. It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept.: 我想到身教重于言教.

2. You won't find this moral precept in the scriptures.: 你在《圣经》中找不到这种道德规范.

3. Example is better than precept.: 言教不如身教.

4. Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices.: 有了这样一条指导原则, 一些医生可能渐渐习惯于采取骗人的做法.

5. Exercise is better than precept.: (谚语)身教胜于言教.