ruler的经典引文

1. 尺，直尺，划线板
2. 统治者，管理者，支配者
3. 划线人
4. 划线机

1. 用尺打或敲

1. [C]尺,直尺 straight strip of wood, plastic, metal, etc. used for measuring or for drawing straight lines
2. [C]统治者,支配者 person who rules or governs

1.统治者;管理者;治理者
Theruler of a country is the person who rules the country.

ruler

e.g. ...the former militaryruler of Lesotho...
莱索托的前军事统治者
e.g. He was a weak-willed and indecisiveruler.
他是一位意志薄弱、优柔寡断的统治者。

2.尺;直尺
Aruler is a long flat piece of wood, metal, or plastic with straight edges marked in centimetres or inches. Rulers are used to measure things and to draw straight lines.

1. Draw a line with a ruler.
   用尺子画一条线。
2. I don't draw straight lines without a ruler.
   没有尺我画不成直线。
3. Is this ruler graduated in centimetres?
   这尺子是以厘米为刻度吗?
4. Reach over my shoulder and you can pick up the ruler from the table.
   你从我肩上伸过手去,就可以从桌上拿到直尺了。
5. This ruler has one scale in centimetres and another in inches.
   这尺子上有一个公分的刻度和一个英寸的刻度。
6. The ruler abdicated himself from the government.
   那位统治者从政府中退位了。
7. A wise ruler is generous in victory.
   明智的统治者对待被击败的敌人是宽大的。
8. He was once a potent ruler.
   他曾经是有权势的统治者。
9. The queen of England is a hereditary ruler.
   英国女王是世袭的统治者。
10. He became that country's ruler both in name and in reality.
    他成了该国名义上和事实上的统治者。
11. Her brother is the king, but she is the effective ruler.
    她兄弟为国王,但她却是真正的主宰者。
12. He was the ruler of the country.
    他是一国之君。
13. In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.
    在希腊神话中,宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。
14. His ambition became the ruler of his life.
    野心支配了他的一生。

• The principal aim of rulers..was to keep their subjects quiet.

  出自：C. S. Lewis

ruler, rule

这两个词均可指“尺”。其区别在于:rule着重量长度,而ruler既用于量长度,又用于画线条。