单词 | principle |
释义 | Word Frequency principle(ˈprɪnsɪpəl) noun ▶ USAGE Principle and principal are often confused: the principal (not principle) reason for his departure; the plan was approved in principle (not in principal)1. a standard or rule of personal conduct a person of principle 2. (often plural) a set of such moral rules he has no principles 3. adherence to such a moral code; morality it's not the money but the principle of the thing torn between principle and expediency 4. a fundamental or general truth or law first principles 5. the essence of something the female principle 6. a source or fundamental cause; origin principle of life 7. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the behaviour of a system the principle of the conservation of mass 8. an underlying or guiding theory or belief the hereditary principle socialist principles 9. chemistry a constituent of a substance that gives the substance its characteristics and behaviour bitter principle 10. in principle 11. on principle Word origin C14: from Latin principium beginning, basic tenetWord Frequency Principle(ˈprɪnsɪpəl) noun Christian Science another word for God |
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