/ruːl/
n.规章，条例；（语言、科学等的）规则，法则；常规，惯常做法；统治，管辖；尺，直尺；铅线印出的线，破折号；<澳> 澳大利亚式橄榄球规则（两队各18人参赛） V-T If something ~s your life, it influences or restricts your actions in a way that is not good for you. 严重影响; 制约 How negativity ~s our lives;
n 行事准则，指导方针；
- 30 of the dumbest rules people were made to follow in their life.
n. Rules are instructions that tell you what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to do.
- A thirty-two-page pamphlet explaining the rules of basketball.
- If you have to break a rule, know why the rule exists and what happens if you get caught.