One of the basic precepts of paleontology is the present is the key to the past.

古生物学的一个基本方面就是现在是了解过去的关键。

Mr. Brown's December precept was, Fortune favors the bold.

布朗先生的十二月格言是，好运。

Precepts equal rules about really important things.

准则等于关于非常重要事物的规则。

And within that lives the precepts, which a lot of us have heard about.

在其中包含了戒律，我们很多人都听说过这些戒律。

The precept as well as the practice of the Primitive Church was distinctly against matrimony.

原始教会的戒律和实践明显反对婚姻。

Passage Two Early diagnosis has become one of the most fundamental precepts of modern medicine.

第二章 早期诊断成为现代医学最基本的戒律之一。

May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

愿你用手帮助我，因我拣选了你的训词。

You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.

耶和华啊，你曾将你的训词吩咐我们，为要我们殷勤遵守。

See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love.

你看我怎样爱你的训词。耶和华啊，求你照你的慈爱将我救活。

Precepts are rules for really important things.

戒律是真正重要事情的规则。

Because precepts can also tell us a lot about ourselves.

因为戒律也可以告诉我们很多关于我们自己的事情。

Basically, a precept is anything that helps guide us when making decisions about really important things.

基本上，准则是在我们做重要决定时帮助我们进行指导的任何东西。

An art is a body of precepts with practical skill for the completion of some work.

艺术是一组具有完成某些工作的实践技能的规则。

These precepts will influence your success; they prepare the way for it, they will secure it.

这些戒律将影响你的成功； 他们为它铺路， 他们将确保它。

I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.

我要自由而行（或作" 我要行在宽阔之地" ），因我素来考究你的训词。

Consciousness is not basically built upon those precepts of good and evil that so presently concern you.

意识基本上不是建立在那些当下与你有关的善恶戒律之上的。

This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.

我所以如此，是因我守你的训词。

I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.

凡敬畏你、守你训词的人，我都与他作伴。

I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.

我永不忘记你的训词，因你用这训词将我救活了。

From such avoidance I would save the young writer by my precept to seek every opportunity to write.

从这样的回避中， 我会根据我的戒律拯救这位年轻的作家， 以寻求每一个写作的机会。