| 单词 | rule |
| 释义 | Word Frequency rule(ruːl) noun 1. an authoritative regulation or direction concerning method or procedure, as for a court of law, legislative body, game, or other human institution or activity judges' rules play according to the rules 2. the exercise of governmental authority or control the rule of Caesar 3. the period of time in which a monarch or government has power his rule lasted 100 days 4. a customary form or procedure; regular course of action she made a morning swim her rule 5. the rule 6. a prescribed method or procedure for solving a mathematical problem, or one constituting part of a computer program, usually expressed in an appropriate formalism 7. a formal expression of a grammatical regularity in a linguistic description of a language 8. any of various devices with a straight edge for guiding or measuring; ruler a carpenter's rule 9. a. a printed or drawn character in the form of a long thin line b. another name for dash1 (sense 13) en rule em rule c. a strip of brass or other metal used to print such a line 10. Christianity a systematic body of prescriptions defining the way of life to be followed by members of a religious order 11. law an order by a court or judge 12. as a rule verb 13. to exercise governing or controlling authority over (a people, political unit, individual, etc) the family ruled for 20 years his passion for her ruled his life 14. (when tr, often takes a clause as object) to decide authoritatively; decree the chief executive ruled against the proposal 15. (transitive) to mark with straight parallel lines or make one straight line, as with a ruler to rule a margin 16. (transitive) to restrain or control to rule one's temper 17. (intransitive) to be customary or prevalent chaos rules in this school 18. (intransitive) to be pre-eminent or superior football rules in the field of sport 19. (transitive) astrology (of a planet) to have a strong affinity with certain human attributes, activities, etc, associated with (one or sometimes two signs of the zodiac) Mars rules Aries 20. rule the roost Derived forms rulable (ˈrulable) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French riule, from Latin rēgula a straight edge; see regulate |
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