guideline

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guide·line /ˈɡaɪdlaɪn/ AWL noun [countableC usually plural]

1 INSTRUCTIONSrules or instructions about the best way to do something 指導方針，指導原則

guideline for

a new set of guidelines for teachers

給老師的一套新的教學準則

guideline on

guidelines on the employment of children

僱用童工的相關準則

draw up/issue guidelines

The hospital has issued new guidelines on the treatment of mentally ill patients.

醫院就精神病患者的治療發布了新的指導原則。

This chapter gives you some guidelines to help you in your work.

本章將介紹一些指導性原則，爲你的工作提供幫助。

clear/strict guidelines

Today most planning authorities enforce fairly strict guidelines on new houses.

現在，大多數建築規劃當局都對建設新住房實行比較嚴格的標準。

2 something that helps you form an opinion or make a decision 〔幫助某人形成觀點或作出決定的〕指導原則，參考

When starting a new business, try to follow these general guidelines.

開辦新公司時，應盡量遵循這些一般性指導原則。

within ... guidelines

Teachers can choose books within certain broad guidelines.

教師可以在某些大的指導原則下自己選擇教材。

Examples from the Corpus

guideline• In December, the agency withdrew its 1987 guideline recommending regular mammograms for all women 40 and older.• You can use them as a guideline of what to watch out for.• If anything, I felt the alcohol guideline was more cautionary than before.• The only editorial guideline was that the subject should have something to do with leisure software for home computers.• A Durham City vehicle was despatched but could not get there within the 19-minute national guideline time for ambulance call-outs.• This provides us with our next guideline.• Most of the recipes in this book will give an internal temperature recommendation rather than a minutes-per-pound guideline.

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