汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 循规蹈矩
循规蹈矩 (循規蹈矩)
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
循、蹈 Follow / Rules and rules are the standard tools for determining the radius, and also refer to the rules of behavior / It originally meant to obey the rules and dare not violate it / Now it also refers to sticking to the old standards and not daring to make changes
循、蹈遵循,依照。规、矩是定方圆的标准工具,借指行为的准则。原指遵守规矩,不敢违反。现也指拘守旧准则,不敢稍做变动。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

关键是要知道何时该循规蹈矩,何时需破旧立新。

The key is knowing when to follow the rules and when to break them.

尝试这些技法——并不要循规蹈矩,否则会消磨了你的创造性。

Practice these techniques - but don’t get so worked up about them that they kill the creativity that you have.

不像其他循规蹈矩的记者,她对开新闻发布会上听政客们胡侃之类的不太感冒。

Unlike conventional journalists, she’s not very interested in press conferences, in listening to what the politicians say.

在像大型强子对撞机之类的巨大圆形加速器中使它们循规蹈矩是需要技巧的。

Getting them to behave in huge circular accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider is fiddly.

Kay还质疑了缺乏想象力和循规蹈矩的任务陈述目标,也就是商业版本的核心契约。

Kay also queries the literal-mindedness and prescribed goals of mission statements-business versions of the Core Covenant.

然而,有关人类原始冲动的一些激进的想法已经被那些希望所有人都循规蹈矩的人套上了枷锁。

Yet some of the most radical ideas about our primal urges have been harnessed by those who want everyone to drink the same brand of beer.

虽然他是维多利亚时代典型的绅士,循规蹈矩、正气凛然;可失去理智时,他照样会在街头与人打架,毫不含糊。

The very picture of an upright Victorian gentleman, Doyle was not averse to fighting in the street when the mood took him.

安迪柔弱智慧,影片的前一个小时让我看得担心压抑,他只能循规蹈矩的在高压下勉强生活。

Andy weak wisdom, an hour before the movie so I can worry about depression, he can only behave under high pressure of the life force.

在奥尔特,“亨利”只指亨利·骚伯,而我知道,他现在和一个二年级的、看起来循规蹈矩、叫茉莉的女生交往。

The only Henry at Ault was Henry Thorpe, who I knew was currently going out with a prissy-seeming sophomore named Molly.