"There are problems,as there were with the trusts or with the stock market, when there are no rules,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

I mean, there are no rules really.

我想说，没什么一定之规。

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He replied, once we verified there was no danger to a member's property, we had no choice but to back off according to our rules.

他回答道，根据公司规定，一旦确认会员财产无损，我们只能袖手旁观。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Degas and the other artists had decided that they would no longer follow the rules and restrictions of the Paris Salon.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

But in absolute states, there's no doubt who rules and who helps rule.

但是,在绝对主义的国家里,谁是统治者谁是帮手,这是不容置疑的

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

In all situations, people were more likely to violate the rules when there were nearby signs of disorderly behavior than if there were no signs of disorder.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

They are unregulated by law; they are unregulated by authority. The state of nature is simply a kind of condition of maximum insecurity, an unregulated market with no common laws or rules to sustain it.

法律，权威使然,自然状态就是,一种最大安全感的状态,是一种没有法律规范维持的,不加管制的市场。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But there are no official "rules" for a Thanksgiving meal.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

There were no strict rules for the succession of the czar.

当时还没有严格的沙皇继承制度

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Now,the U.S.government is changing the rules to require airlines to check the no-fly list within two hours after being notified of changes.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

No state can exist without rules.

没有国家可以无法规而存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选