英和和英

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/

名詞

guideline (plural guidelines)

1. A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.

   He considered the Ten Commandments more as a guideline than a requirement.

   • 2010 August 4, Leonard S. Rubenstein, JD; Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, “The Ethics of Enhanced Interrogations and Torture: A Reappraisal of the Argument”, in JAMA‎, volume 304, number 5, American Medical Association, →DOI, pages 569–570:

     In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation.

2. A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action.
3. A light line, used in lettering, to help align the text.

同意語

• (non-specific rule): rule of thumb
• (plan or explanation): rule of thumb

派生語

派生した語

• → Japanese: ガイドライン (gaidorain)

動詞

guideline (third-person singular simple present guidelines, present participle guidelining, simple past and past participle guidelined)

1. To provide guidelines for.
   • 2015, Steven Heller, ‎Veronique Vienne, Becoming a Graphic and Digital Designer (page 60)

     Now we are not just guidelining the work, but implementing it as well. That extra step allows us to fully flesh out every element of the visual language and drive the strategy home.