on principle

基本解釋

On principle, I had nothing against the idea.
原則上，我并不反對這個主意。
What made that impossible were the choices he made — choices made on principle and for the love of truth and liberty.
而他基于原則和對自由與真理的熱愛所做的選擇，使得這種成功永無可能。
Even as Clinton maneuvered to form alliances with the GOP, he stood up to them on principle when he disagreed with their views and took political advantage of their miscalculations.
即使當克林頓試圖與共和黨結盟時，如果不同意他們的觀點他會在原則上對抗，并從他們的失算中獲取政治優(yōu)勢。

Republicans oppose the health care effort on principle, arguing that it represents too much government intervention in the health care system and will bankrupt the country with its high cost.
That includes Pauli Exclusion Principle and includes Hund's Rule and so on.
包括保利不相容原理,和洪特原理等等。
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Pauli So, here, Pauli came out on top, we say, and he's known for the Pauli exclusion principle, which tells us that no two electrons in the same atom can have the same four quantum numbers.
在這里是，他因為Pauli不相容原理而出名，這個原理是說同一個原子中的兩個電子,不能有相同的第四量子數(shù)。
麻省理工公開課 - 化學原理課程節(jié)選

In 2008, they agreed on principle to resolve the feud by jointly developing gas fields.
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