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1. 规则;规定;章程;条例
Rules are instructions that tell you what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to do.

2. 行事准则;指导方针;应做的事
A rule is a statement telling people what they should do in order to achieve success or a benefit of some kind.

3. （语言或科学中的）规律，法则
The rules of something such as a language or a science are statements that describe the way that things usually happen in a particular situation.

4. 普遍情况;常规;惯例
If something is the rule, it is the normal state of affairs.

5. 统治;控制;支配
The person or group that rules a country controls its affairs.

6. 控制;制约;影响
If something rules your life, it influences or restricts your actions in a way that is not good for you.

7. 判定;裁定;裁决
When someone in authority rules that something is true or should happen, they state that they have officially decided that it is true or should happen.

8. (用尺等)画(直线)
If you rule a straight line, you draw it using something that has a straight edge.

9. see also: golden rule;ground rule;ruling;slide rule

10. 通常;一般来说
If you say that something happens as a rule, you mean that it usually happens.

11. 变通规则;放松规定;通融
If someone in authority bends the rules or stretches the rules, they do something even though it is against the rules.

12. (根据实际经验的)粗略估算;经验之谈
A rule of thumb is a rule or principle that you follow which is not based on exact calculations, but rather on experience.

13. 按章工作;变相怠工
If workers work to rule, they protest by working according to the rules of their job without doing any extra work or taking any new decisions.

相关词组：rule inrule outrule out of

1. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

Synonym: ruler

2. something regarded as a normative example

e.g. the convention of not naming the main character
violence is the rule not the exception
his formula for impressing visitors

Synonym: conventionnormalpatternformula

3. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

e.g. it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast
short haircuts were the regulation

Synonym: regulation

4. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

e.g. he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs
he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials

Synonym: formula

5. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

e.g. the principle of the conservation of mass
the principle of jet propulsion
the right-hand rule for inductive fields

Synonym: principle

6. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

e.g. their principles of composition characterized all their works

Synonym: principle

7. any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

e.g. the rule of St. Dominic

8. prescribed guide for conduct or action

Synonym: prescript

9. directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

e.g. he knew the rules of chess

10. (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

Synonym: linguistic rule

11. dominance or power through legal authority

e.g. France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa
the rule of Caesar

Synonym: dominion

12. the duration of a monarch's or government's power

e.g. during the rule of Elizabeth