核心畫面
Picture a faint line drawn on the page to write along: it shows you where to go, but nothing stops you leaving it. That is the whole word — direction without force, which is exactly why it is not called a rule.
可以想成：紙上先畫好的一條淡淡的線，讓你順著它寫——它告訴你方向，但沒有東西攔著你偏離。整個字就是這樣：給方向，不施…更多收起
可以想成：紙上先畫好的一條淡淡的線，讓你順著它寫——它告訴你方向，但沒有東西攔著你偏離。整個字就是這樣：給方向，不施強制力，這正是它跟 rule（規定）最大的差別。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
guidelinenoun/ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/
- 1
A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.
- He considered the Ten Commandments more as a guideline than a requirement.
- In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.
- 2
A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action.
- 3
A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text.
guidelineverb/ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/
- 1
To provide guidelines for.
- Now we are not just guidelining the work, but implementing it as well. That extra step allows us to fully flesh out every element of the visual language and drive the strategy home.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。