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adjectives
strict principles
• Rosa is a woman of strict moral principles.
strong principles
(= that someone believes in very strongly )
• a man of strong principles
high principles
(= strong beliefs about right and wrong )
• Dunn's high principles and pleasant manner won him the real affection of his colleagues.
moral principles
• Criminal law should be used to protect and reinforce moral principles.
religious/political principles
• Doesn’t working on Sunday conflict with your religious principles?
socialist principles
• Would he stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister?
verbs
have principles
• I may have no money and no power but I have principles.
stick to your principles
(= act according to them, even when this is difficult )
• Throughout this time, he stuck to his principles and spoke out against injustice.
betray/compromise your principles
(= do something that is against your principles )
• I knew I could lie to help him, but it would be betraying my principles.
abandon your principles
(= stop believing in them or trying to act by them )
• It has been said that he abandoned his basic political principles while he was in power.
phrases
be against sb’s principles
• It’s against my principles to eat meat.
as a matter of principle
(= because of moral beliefs about right and wrong )
• As a matter of principle one should never yield to terrorism.
a man/woman of principle
(= someone with strong moral ideas )
• He is the only candidate who has demonstrated that he is a man of principle.
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adjectives
a general/broad principle
• He explained the general principles of the constitution.
an important principle
• One important principle is that you should give yourself plenty of reward for your success.
a basic/fundamental principle
(= a very important principle to which other ideas are added )
• Applicants should show that they understand the basic principles of marketing.
a guiding principle
(= a principle that helps you decide what to do )
• Fairness is the guiding principle.
first principles
(= the most basic ideas that something is based on )
• The researchers went back to first principles.
verbs
be based on a principle
• A good education ought to be based on multicultural principles.
a principle applies
• The same principle applies to all kinds of selling.
the principle underlying something
• What are the principles underlying this form of treatment?
establish a principle
(= make it accepted )
• Establish the principle that when your office door is shut you must not be disturbed.
lay down a principle
(= describe a principle and make it accepted )
• The report lays down general principles for the teaching of English.
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noun basic general rule ADJ. basic, broad, central, fundamental, general the basic principles of car maintenance | cardinal, essential, key | universal | democratic, legal, market, political, scientific, theoretical VERB + PRINCIPLE establish, formulate, lay down | apply | explain PRINCIPLE + VERB apply This principle applies to all kinds of selling. | underlie sth, underpin sth the principles underlying Western philosophy PREP. in ~ I agree with you in principle, but we'll need to discuss the details. | ~ behind She went on to explain the principles behind what she was doing. rule for good behaviour ADJ. high | guiding | Christian | moral He was a man of high moral principles. VERB + PRINCIPLE betray, compromise I refuse to compromise my principles by eating meat. | adhere to, stick to She sticks to the principle that everyone should be treated equally. PREP. against your ~s Eating meat was against her principles. | on ~ She's opposed to abortion on principle. PHRASES a matter of principle They reject the proposal as a matter of principle. | a person of principle (= a person with high moral standards)
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