hard and fast rule

基本解釋

There is no hard-and-fast rule for the ratio because it depends on the queries involved.
對(duì)于這個(gè)比率，并沒(méi)有什么嚴(yán)格的規(guī)則，因?yàn)檫@依賴(lài)于所涉及的查詢(xún)。
There is no hard-and-fast rule for doing this, but adopting a proper link sequence for dependent shared libraries should work most of the time.
關(guān)于這一點(diǎn)，沒(méi)有一成不變的規(guī)則，不過(guò)，為相關(guān)的共享庫(kù)采用適當(dāng)?shù)逆溄禹樞虼蟛糠謺r(shí)候都會(huì)管用。
Finally, he writes his definitions, following the hard-and-fast rule that each definition must be based on what the quotations in front of him reveal about the meaning of the word.
這時(shí)他應(yīng)嚴(yán)格遵循一條規(guī)則：每個(gè)定義都必須依據(jù)他面前的揭示該詞詞義的引文。
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This is most certainly not a hard-and-fast rule, in general I've found it to be accurate.
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