英语网 单词
precept的意思
precept
英 ['priːsept]
美 ['prisɛpt]
- n. 规则；格言；训诫；命令
助记提示
1、pre- + cept-.
2、literally "take beforehand". => rule of conduct, order, maxim.
3、用咱们的话说就是：打预防针，先把丑话说在前头。
2、literally "take beforehand". => rule of conduct, order, maxim.
3、用咱们的话说就是：打预防针，先把丑话说在前头。
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.
双语例句
- 1. It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept.
- 我想到身教重于言教.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Example is better than precept.
- 言教不如身教.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Exercise is better than precept.
- (谚语)身教胜于言教.
来自辞典例句