1.a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;

it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast

2.something regarded as a normative example;

the convention of not naming the main character

3.prescribed guide for conduct or action

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

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

their principles of composition characterized all their works

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

the principle of the conservation of mass

7.the duration of a monarch's or government's power;

during the rule of Elizabeth

8.dominance or power through legal authority;

France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa

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

he knew the rules of chess

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

the rule of St. Dominic

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

he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs

12. 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

1.exercise authority over; as of nations;

Who is governing the country now?

2.decide with authority;

The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed

3.be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;

Money reigns supreme here

4.decide on and make a declaration about;

find someone guilty

5.have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

6.mark or draw with a ruler;

rule the margins

7.keep in check;

rule one's temper

1.規(guī)則判定

2. 裁決

1.規(guī)律，規(guī)則，條例

1.常規(guī)

2. 規(guī)律

3. 統(tǒng)治

4. 規(guī)章

1.定則

1 . 規(guī)律

...，可以中，如繪畫之藝，可以高，如幾何之藝。但都有一個基礎(chǔ)，講究techne（藝）的法則（order）和規(guī)律（rule）,藝是可以傳達的，因此，mimesis（模仿）成為藝的代名詞，畫家所畫之床模仿現(xiàn)實之床，而現(xiàn)實之床模.

2 . 尺

ruinous shock 毀滅性地震rule尺; 律; 規(guī)律; 規(guī)則; 法律; 定律; 定則- 基于5個網(wǎng)頁

3 . 統(tǒng)治

... 母性；產(chǎn)科醫(yī)院；adj.懷孕的（描述母親的身份）；e.g. maternity leave 產(chǎn)假；matriarchy = matri 母親+archy 統(tǒng)治(rule) =ruleby mother, or woman= n. 母權(quán)制, 婦女統(tǒng)治, 女家長制, 女族長制關(guān)于女人的心思...很難猜...這簡直是古今中外媲美哥德巴赫猜想的難題：.

4 . 條規(guī)則

you should have learned this ruleby heart long ago ., 你早就應(yīng)該牢記這條規(guī)則了.

1 . 規(guī)則和程序規(guī)則

chapter One a general picture of the legal sources of EU anti-dumping law and the substantive rules and procedural rules of the current anti-dumping regulations .第一章對歐盟反傾銷法的法律淵源及現(xiàn)行反傾銷條例的實體規(guī)則和程序規(guī)則作了總的概述。

1 . 條法則

rule # 1 in sales is that in to bring the customer to where you are ( your level of understanding must first go to where they are ( they're current level of understanding ) .營銷的第一條法則是，要將顧客引到你的所在之地（你的理解水平)，首先就要走到他們的所在之地（他們目前的理解水平)。

1 . 建立在法則

but WTO is a rules - based organisation , and we cannot engineer Chinese membership on false terms .但世界貿(mào)易組織是一個建立在法則基礎(chǔ)上的組織,我們不能以假想性說法來制造中國的會員身份.

1 . 規(guī)定則

freight representative is OK before sign a contract with container dock company directly , instead of new rule rule must sign a contract secondhand through intermediary organization .貨運代理原來可以直接與集裝箱碼頭公司簽訂合同，新規(guī)定則改為必須通過中介機構(gòu)間接簽訂合同。

1.It is a case of tobacco industry rules, O.K.

這是煙草行業(yè)必勝的一例。