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。

It's like that last precept Mr. Browne gave us.

就像布朗老师分享的最后一句格言一样。

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。

And a lot of the precepts make a lot of sense.

而很多戒都很有意义。

But there remains a fourth weighty precept, and one not altogether detachable from the third.

但是还有第四条重要的戒， 完全与第三条戒分开。

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.

骄傲人编造谎言攻击我，我却要一心守你的训词。

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

这些戒将影响你的成功； 他们为它铺路， 他们将确保它。

For North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons would require a fundamental change in its founding and governing precepts.

朝鲜要放弃核武器，就必须从根本上改变其建国理念与执政原则。

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

我要默想你的训词，看重你的道路。

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

原始教会的戒和实践明显反对婚姻。

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

我永忘记你的训词，因你用这训词将我救活了。

Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.

求你使我明白你的训词，我就思想你的奇事。

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

意识基本上是建立在那些当下与你有关的善恶戒之上的。

These, then, are the fundamental precepts which everyone must heed who would command our beautiful English language.

那么，这些是每个想要掌握我们美丽的英语的人都必须注意的基本规则。

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的规则。

They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

他们几乎把我从世上灭绝，但我没有离弃你的训词。

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， 我会根据我的戒拯救这位年轻的作家， 以寻求每一个写作的机会。

May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.

愿骄傲人蒙羞，因为他们无理地倾覆我，但我要思想你的训词。

How I long for your precepts! In your righteousness preserve my life.

我羡慕你的训词，求你使我在你的公义上生活。

I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

我比年老的更明白，因我守了你的训词。