rule of the road

短语

[法] 公路法规

词形变化

rules of the road 复数 rules of the road

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the requirements for how drivers, bicyclists, etc, behave and operate while using public roadways.

    To obtain a driving licence, you must pass a test to show that you understand the rules of the road.

    It is a rule of the road in this country that a motorist must yield to a pedestrian who is in a pedestrian crossing.

  2. 2.

    The regulation requiring all traffic (travelling on a road or otherwise) to keep either to the left or the right.

    The Liverpool and Manchester railway, the first steam-operated passenger railway, which opened in 1830, adopted the British rule of the road, with trains passing each other on the left.

  3. 3.

    (nautical) A regulation concerning safe handling of vessels on roadsteads, seaways, sea lanes, etc.

  4. 4.

    A basic (fundamental) and general requirement or principle for how to operate or behave in a certain context or domain (for example, an industry, an occupation, a company, an association).

    可数 比喻

    You can't fill in fraudulent information on this form if you want to keep your job at this company. That's not a suggestion, that's just a rule of the road around here.