Young people weary of countless restrictions and fetters.

年轻人对各种清规戒律感到厌烦。

Why can't we just learn good moral principles at home or in a philosophy class or from a book, live according to those principles, those rules, those precepts, and leave it at that?

为什么我们不能就在家，通过哲学课或是书籍去学习道德原则呢？按照那些原则、规矩和戒律去生活呢？就只那样学不行吗？

McCollum believed in military discipline and respect for authority.

麦信奉军事化的戒律以及对杈威的尊重。

Buddhist monasteries have sacred sites, areas where taboos are placed on the hunting and killing of animals.

佛寺设有神圣的处所，那里的戒律禁止捕杀动物。

We have a compelling commandment that tells us we are to love our neighbor.

我们的戒律就是要爱我们的邻里。

While Sufism had been part of Islamic observance for centuries, the practices of some Sufis — from ecstatic dancing to composing poetry — were looked down upon by conservative religious elites.

几个世纪以来，苏菲主义一直属于伊斯兰教戒律，一些苏菲派的做法——从心醉神舞蹈到创作诗歌——却被保守的宗教精英所鄙视。

If one must stumble at them, it is a good thing to fall on the right side, said Genie, with a wise nod of her head.

“如果一个人必须被戒律绊倒，那么倒向正确的一边也是一件好事。”吉妮一边说，一边睿智地点头。

Even though the Athenians had no written scriptural code and no priesthood, there was a significant number of rituals, observances and offerings that were required.

尽管雅典人没有成文的圣经法典，也没有祭司制度，有大量的仪式、戒律和祭品是必须的。

But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks.

马奇叔婆不具备这种才能，她用她的清规戒律，她的古板的方式，以及冗长乏味的唠叨，把艾米折磨得够呛。

If “read a lot, write a lot” is the Great Commandment—and I assure you that it is—how much writing constitutes a lot?

如果说“多读多写”是第一戒律——我敢保证的确如此——那么写多少才算得上多呢？

And the piece he just happened to pick up? It depicted a portion of the commandment " Honor Thy Father and Mother."

他捡到的那块是什么呢？它描述了“孝敬父母”这条戒律的一部分。

So, of course, this isn't the real Teresa, middle-aged nun, rising up her cell wall with sisters hanging on to her habit.

当然，这并不是真正的特雷萨，那个与其他人一样遵守着清规戒律的中年修女。

But she did not realize that although she had broken an accepted social rule, she had done nothing against nature.

她没有意识到，虽然她触犯了一条公认的社会戒律，她却从没违反过自然。

Just the opposite, in fact. This is a painting that bellows defiance at the apostles of crisp clarity and contour.

而且相反，事实上这幅作品是在怒吼着蔑视那些清规戒律的传道者们。

He was, in other words, an early evangelist for the first commandment of today's economy: Service rules.

换句话说，他是当今经济戒律——服务规则——的第一位传道者。

The fifth commandment tells us to honor our parents, no matter how hideous or repellent they may be.

第五戒律告诉我们要尊敬父母，无论他们多么可怕多么讨人厌。

THE law was laid down for Nigeria's ministers when they were sworn into office last week.

当尼日利亚新一届政府部长们于上周宣誓就职的时候，一项针对他们的清规戒律也开始生效。

I meant to throw him where he had thrown the books, when, all of a sudden, I thought of the Commandment about returning good for evil.

满脑子想着要抓到他，把他推到扔我书的那块烂泥地里。可是忽然间，我想起了‘以德报怨’那条戒律。

It might have served me right when I was chasing Jack; but when I thought of the Commandment, I really tried to do the right thing.

如果是在我追杰克的时候摔倒，我能想得通，可是当我想起戒律的时候，我是真想做正确的事情啊。

Here was a man who lived outside the faufreluches while obeying their every precept.

这是一个住在 faufreluches 之外的人，同时遵守他们的每一条戒律。