11th commandment

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A well-known convention (often the most well-known of a certain field) which supposedly can not or should not be broken. idiomatic
    — A “hood,” he said, isn’t necessarily a neighborhood, adding that the same culture is seen on Wall Street, “where the 11th commandment is ‘Thou shalt not get caught.’ ”

词形变化

11th commandments plural 11th Commandment alternative eleventh commandment alternative Eleventh Commandment alternative

词源

In reference to the biblical Ten Commandments, carrying the implication that the convention is of very high importance (similar to the Ten Commandments).
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