- 1戒律、訓誡、行為準則(佛教的「五戒」就是 the five precepts)。比 principle 更老派、更有「師長傳下來要你遵守」的味道。
A precept is a short rule that tells you how to think or how to behave — the kind of rule you are supposed to live by, not the kind that comes with a fine. 'Treat others as you would like to be treated' is a precept. 'Do no harm' is a precept. The word carries a smell of religion, philosophy, medicine and old teaching: Buddhist precepts, the precepts of a school's founder, the basic precepts of good design. It usually turns up in the plural, and it usually belongs to some system of belief or practice rather than to one person's opinion. Compare it with its neighbours. A rule can be trivial (no eating in the library). A law is enforced by the state. A principle is very close to a precept, and is the more common word today; 'precept' is older and more , and hints that someone taught it to you and expects you to follow it. There is a well-known English saying, 'to teach by precept and example', meaning you tell people the rule and you also show it in how you live — and the usual point of the saying is that example teaches harder than precept does.
組成拉丁文 prae-(在前、事先)+ capere(拿、取),合起來是「事先給你、要你收下的東西」,也就是先教給你的規矩。
同家族的字
- capturesame capere (to take) root
- receivesame capere root, via re-: to take back/in
- acceptsame capere root: to take to yourself
- conceptsame capere root: something grasped in the mind
- perceptionsame capere root: what you take in through the senses
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
preceptnoun/ˈpɹiːsɛpt/
- 1
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
- Precept guides, but example draws.
- By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs, Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.
- 2
lawA written command, especially a demand for payment.
- 3
An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- 4
A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.
- The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish.
- New parish [councils] and town councils are formed every year. But the National Association of Local Councils, which represents them, says an unusual number are in the works now. […] Higher-level councils, swamped by chunky issues such as homelessness and children in care, are often happy to hand responsibilities down. Higher-level local authorities must normally hold a referendum if they want to raise taxes by more than 5% a year—something they almost never dare to do. Town and parish councils, which are funded largely through “precepts” on tax bills, face no such restrictions. As their numbers and responsibilities swell, the amount of money flowing to them is growing. Precepts raised £856m ($1.2bn) in 2024-25, a rise of 60% in real terms since 2010-11. […] the government has only itself to blame for the swelling numbers and powers of low-level councils. Its reforms are creating local authorities that are far too large to be truly local. Town councils are its baby.
preceptverb/ˈpɹiːsɛpt/
- 1
medicinesciencesTo act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.
- 2
obsoleteTo teach (something) by precepts.
- [T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。