precept

precept

英 ['priːsept]
　　美 ['prisɛpt]

n. 規則；格言；訓誡；命令

中文詞源：

precept 規范，準則

pre-,在前，早於，-cept,拿，握，持有，詞源同accept,capable.引申詞義規范，準則。

例句：

1. It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept.
我想到身教重於言教.

2. You won't find this moral precept in the scriptures.
你在《聖經》中找不到這種道德規范.

3. Example is better than precept.
言教不如身教.

4. Armed with such a precept, a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices.
有瞭這樣一條指導原則, 一些醫生可能漸漸習慣於采取騙人的做法.

5. Exercise is better than precept.
(諺語)身教勝於言教.