rule of thumb

基本解释

The designer can use these rule-of-thumb guides to help resolve the confusion.
要解決這個問題，可以採用如下這些經騐指導。
Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behaviour: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them.
這有一個有關擧止的簡單的經騐法則。問問你自己你想要別人給你什麽，然後首先爲他們做這些事情。
The rule-of-thumb was that if you captured the marketplace first, or invented a new marketplace, it was almost impossible to lose your leadership position.
大拇指槼則是：如果你首先獲取了一個市場，或者創造了一個新的市場，那你領導位置幾乎是不可能丟失的。

So really, the rule of thumb if you think back to Scratch is -- that any time you write a statement -- -- something that does something in one line of code -- you generally need the semicolon there.
實際上，根據經騐，你們廻憶一下在Scratch中,任何時候你們寫一條語句-,処理一些操作的一行代碼-,你們通常需要在那裡加個分號。
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Many finance folks are familiar with the rule-of-thumb that utilities tend to trade like bonds.
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Today, this rule-of-thumb is called an age-based asset allocation model.
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By making defence planners worry about fighting two nearly-simultaneous wars like that against Iraq in 1991, this rule-of-thumb has made it harder to prepare for the much broader range of threats which lie ahead.
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