rule of thumb

基本解释

The designer can use these rule-of-thumb guides to help resolve the confusion.
要解决这个问题，可以采用如下这些经验指导。
Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behaviour: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them.
这有一个有关举止的简单的经验法则。问问你自己你想要别人给你什么，然后首先为他们做这些事情。
The rule-of-thumb was that if you captured the marketplace first, or invented a new marketplace, it was almost impossible to lose your leadership position.
大拇指规则是：如果你首先获取了一个市场，或者创造了一个新的市场，那你领导位置几乎是不可能丢失的。

So really, the rule of thumb if you think back to Scratch is -- that any time you write a statement -- -- something that does something in one line of code -- you generally need the semicolon there.
实际上，根据经验，你们回忆一下在Scratch中,任何时候你们写一条语句-,处理一些操作的一行代码-,你们通常需要在那里加个分号。
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