rule

A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit...

根据经验来看，如果雇主要获得利润，那么其代理商必须卖出相当于其工资10倍的销售额。

to follow/obey/observe the rules

遵循 / 服从 / 遵守规则

There is a particular urgency in this case, and it would help if you could bend the rules.

这次碰巧有紧急情况，如果您能通融一下就好了。

As a general rule vegetable oils are better for you than animal fats.

一般来说，植物油比动物脂肪对人较有好处。

He makes it a rule never to borrow money.

他的规矩是从不向人借钱。

As a general rule, burglars are wary about gaining entry from the front or side of a building.

通常来说，窃贼对从房屋的正面或侧面潜入会比较谨慎。

Scientists have always been aware of how fear can rule our lives and make us ill.

科学家一直都很清楚恐惧会影响我们的生活，引起我们身体的不适。

For four centuries, he says, foreigners have ruled Angola...

他说，外来者统治安哥拉的时间已长达4个世纪。

There are no hard and fast rules for planning healthy meals.

在安排健康饮食方面，没有什么一定之规。

An important rule is to drink plenty of water during any flight...

一条重要的原则就是每次坐飞机都要多喝水。

to break a rule (= not follow it)

违反规定

This explains the rules under which the library operates.

这份材料说明了图书馆的运行规则。

...according to the rules of quantum theory.

根据量子论的原理

I go to bed early as a rule .

我一贯睡得早。

As a rule of thumb, a cup of filter coffee contains about 80mg of caffeine.

凭经验估计，一杯过滤咖啡约含80毫克咖啡因。

However, for many Americans today, weekend work has unfortunately become the rule rather than the exception.

然而，现在对于很多美国人来说，周末工作不幸已经成为了一种普遍情况，而非例外。

The first rule is to make eye contact with your interviewer.

首先是眼睛要直视面试官。

It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify.

形容词一般放在所修饰名词的前面是英语中的一条规律。

...a ruled grid of horizontal and vertical lines.

由水平线和垂直线画成的格子

It's against all rules and regulations .

这违背了所有的规章制度。

As a rule, however, such attacks have been aimed at causing damage rather than taking life.

然而，通常此类袭击只是为了造成破坏，并非要人性命。

Cold winters here are the exception rather than the rule (= are rare) .

在这里，严寒的冬天并不多见。

...a thirty-two-page pamphlet explaining the rules of basketball...

说明篮球规则的32页的小册子

Without unwritten rules civilized life would be impossible.

没有不成文的规章，就不会有文明生活。

He ruled for eight months.

他统治了8个月的时间。

The Israeli court has not yet ruled on the case...

以色列法院尚未对此案作出裁决。

By and large, the rules for healthy eating are the same during pregnancy as at any other time.

总的来说，怀孕期间健康饮食的原则和其他时期是一致的。

Nurses are continuing to work to rule.

护士们还在消极怠工。

The court ruled that laws passed by the assembly remained valid...

法院裁定议会通过的法律仍然有效。

Sikhs were expected to adhere strictly to the religious rules concerning appearance...

锡克教徒应当严格遵守该教对外表的规定。