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golden rule

/gohl-duhn rool/US // ˈgoʊl dən ˈrul //

黄金法则,黄金规则,金科玉律,黄金分割法

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rule of ethical conduct, usually phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” paraphrased from the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31.
    • : any philosophy, guiding principle, or ideal of behavior, as in a discipline, pursuit, or business: The protesters agreed that their golden rule would be “no violence.”

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Examples

  • But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.

  • Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.

  • And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.

  • Rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.

  • The former Virginia governor was once the golden boy of the GOP.

  • I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

  • All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.

  • Centurus aurifrons dubius (Cabot): Golden-fronted Woodpecker.

  • As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.

  • No man should regard the subject of religion as decided for him until he has read The Golden Bough.