He would vote against it on principle.
他会依据原则投票反对它。
He doesn't invest in the arms industry on principle.
他根据自己的信条，不投资军火工业。
他总是按原则办事。
I refuse to go there, on principle.
我原则上拒绝到那儿去。
坚持原则，伙计。
I accept the suggestion on principle.
根据原则，我接受这些建议。
On principle, I had nothing against the idea.
原则上，我并不反对这个主意。
Sometimes Google really does operate on principle.
Google有时确实是在按原则办事。
He would never deal with the person on principle.
他按照原则绝不跟那个人做生意。
His father, on principle, did not like to hear requests for money.
从原则上来说，他父亲不喜欢别人借钱。
He will occasionally use suggestion, to which he is opposed on principle.
有时他会使用在原则上他是反对的建议。
In other words, she sort of gives birth without needing a man, just to be on principle.
换句话说，她不需要男性就完成了生产，只是打个比方。
At such moments, there are those on both sides of this debate who will act on principle.
在这样的时刻，辩论的双方都具有按原则办事的那些人。
What people wanted was a forthright style of leadership, with more emphasis on principle.
人们期望的是坦率的更加注重原则的领导作风。
Based on principle, based on dignity, I had forfeited my dream of a Naval Academy graduation.
基于原则，基于尊严，我已经对从海军学院毕业失去了幻想。
Some sports bosses, such as FIFA, the global body that runs football, shun such devices on principle.
一些体育组织巨头，如FIFA(国际足联)，运营足球赛事的全球性机构，原则上是避免此类设备的使用的。
What made that impossible were the choices he made — choices made on principle and for the love of truth and liberty.
而他基于原则和对自由与真理的热爱所做的选择，使得这种成功永无可能。
He was not against modern instruments on principle. A compass could occasionally be useful in daylight; and, at least in old age, he wore a chunky watch.
在那一个月的航行里，他没有带指南针，没有六分仪，也没有任何图纸，他并不是个反对使用现代仪器的人，白天里指南针偶尔也能用下，年纪大的时候他也开始戴个笨笨的手表。
On principle, though, we presume that the young man should not face legal charges for anonymous comments left by others - no matter what those comments were.
但惯例上我们认为，不管那些匿名留言是什么内容，这位年轻人都不应该为其所带来的法律后果负责。
SpAds [special advisers] here apparently on side... on principle of better to have announced (not very much) proactively than be accused of an attempted cover-up if it leaks.
特别顾问也明显认同……原则上主动发表声明(即便不多)也比被指控企图掩盖事实要好。
The remaining 10 nuclear power plants will be shut down by 2021 on principle. But 3 of them may remain operation for another “extended year” when the new energy cannot meet the electricity demand.
德国其余的10座核电站原则上都将于2021年前关闭，但其中3座核电站可能将在新能源无法满足用电需求的情况下“超期服役”一年。
She refused to back down on a point of principle.
她在一个原则问题上拒绝让步。
On matters of principle we should be clear-cut in attitude, and by no means be equivocal.
在原则问题上，我们必须态度鲜明，决不能模棱两可。
On the basis of the precautionary principle, it could be argued that it is advisable to follow the FSA's advice.
基于预防原则，听从食品标准局的建议是可取的。
More generally, however, whether or not a composition establishes a new principle in the history of music has little bearing on its aesthetic worth.
然而，更笼统地说，一首曲子是否在音乐史上确立了一个新的原则，与它的审美价值关系不大。
Robertson revised her hypothesis somewhat, arguing that in determining authority in precolonial Africa age was a primary principle that superseded gender to varying degrees depending on the situation.
罗伯逊在某种程度上修正了她的假设，他认为在殖民前的非洲时代，决定权威是一个主要的原则，根据情况在不同程度上取代了性别这一原则。
She borrowed the principle of efficiency on the factory floor and applied it to domestic tasks on the kitchen floor.
她借鉴了工厂车间里的效率原则，并将其应用到厨房里的家务劳动中。
It was on the principle that all men are created equal that the nation was founded.
国家的建立是基于人人生而平等的原则上。
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