make it a rule

基本解释

During this week make it a rule to work out every day trying different types of fitness.
在这一周当中一定要养成天天进行不同锻炼的习惯。
“Make it a rule to only purchase items on sale or with a coupon or don't buy it,” Taliaferro said.
“给自己制定一个规定：只买打折商品或优惠票，要不然就不买东西。”塔利亚说。
When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the Government of my country.
当我在国外的时候我定了一条规则决不批评或攻击我的国家政府。

This bill doesn't take sides. What it says is that it is inappropriate to have a federal rule that says state governments with their own money can't make these decisions or that individual investors can't press their companies to do it,"
And the way to read this rule is you make a sentence by taking a noun, any noun, putting a verb after it, and then following that verb with a noun.
这个规则的内容是,你这样来创造一个句子,用一个名词,任何一个名词,在名词后跟一个动词,再在动词后跟上一个名词
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Make it a general rule that anyone with more money than a plaintiff is responsible for anything harmful that a plaintiff does.
FORBES: Magazine Article
America's Securities and Exchange Commission passed a new rule intended to make it easier for shareholders to remove directors at companies they feel are underperforming or paying their bosses too much.
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