英语词汇“example is better than precept”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P5. Proverb. example is better than precept and variants: demonstrating or exhibiting a desired quality, mode of conduct, etc., oneself is a more effective means of teaching than issuing instructions or making rules.

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a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 216 Þen saythe Seynt Austeyn þat an ensampull yn doyng ys mor commendabull þen ys techyng oþer prechyng.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 20^v Surelie, one example, is more valiable, both to good and ill, than xx. preceptes written in bookes.]

1591 A. B. in H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. To Rdr. sig. ¶3 We are easlier taught by example then by precept.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. Alphabet. Table sig. bbbb2^v/2 Example prevaileth more then precept.

1677 W. Rogers Let. 27 Jan. in Christian-Quaker (1680) iv. 86 Example is a better Teacher, than Precept.

a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 190 Example draws where precept fails.

1771 Compl. Coll. Prol. & Epil. 11 Example stronger far than precept acts, And words less move us than the force of facts.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xix. 271 Example is better than precept.

1871 S. Smiles Character ii. 35 Example is far more than precept. It is instruction in action.

1914 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homeopathy 29 14 Example is above precept—practice above speech.

2015 S. S. Ravi Philos. & Sociol. Bases of Educ. x. 172 Rousseau believes in the principle that example is better than precept.

单词	example is better than precept
释义	> as lemmas example is better than precept P5. Proverb. example is better than precept and variants: demonstrating or exhibiting a desired quality, mode of conduct, etc., oneself is a more effective means of teaching than issuing instructions or making rules. ΚΠ a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 216 Þen saythe Seynt Austeyn þat an ensampull yn doyng ys mor commendabull þen ys techyng oþer prechyng. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 20^v Surelie, one example, is more valiable, both to good and ill, than xx. preceptes written in bookes.] 1591 A. B. in H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. To Rdr. sig. ¶3 We are easlier taught by example then by precept. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. Alphabet. Table sig. bbbb2^v/2 Example prevaileth more then precept. 1677 W. Rogers Let. 27 Jan. in Christian-Quaker (1680) iv. 86 Example is a better Teacher, than Precept. a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 190 Example draws where precept fails. 1771 Compl. Coll. Prol. & Epil. 11 Example stronger far than precept acts, And words less move us than the force of facts. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xix. 271 Example is better than precept. 1871 S. Smiles Character ii. 35 Example is far more than precept. It is instruction in action. 1914 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homeopathy 29 14 Example is above precept—practice above speech. 2015 S. S. Ravi Philos. & Sociol. Bases of Educ. x. 172 Rousseau believes in the principle that example is better than precept. extracted from examplen. < as lemmas
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