I'm sorry, but rules are rules.

对不起，规定就是规定。

youdao

Rules are rules. I don't make the rules around here.

规定怎样就是怎样。这规矩可不是我订的。

youdao

I simply hate to put limits like that, but rules are rules.

我很不想做这样的限制，但规则就是规则。

youdao

People called for jury duty at the D.C.Superior Court are asked to watch a video explaining the rules of jury service.

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This kind of tension doesn't make things clear; the rules are not absolute, and not everybody fits into a pigeon hole.

这种紧张的冲突并不能让万事柳暗花明,因为事事无绝对,并不是每个人都能一个萝卜一个坑

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Justice consists of the rules, that is to say, that are made by and for the benefits of the ruling class.

正义由规则组成，也就是说，由统治阶级所订定,且对其有利。

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That was a big error, yet taxes are technical and the rules are the rules.

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It wouldn't necessarily alter anything: rules are rules, and it is delegates, not raw votes, that count.

ECONOMIST: You can prove anything with electoral statistics

Joe Clark : Well, rules are rules, and you have to be very disciplined about why you own anything.

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