guideline
['gaidlain]
n. 指路, , 指标

[] 指路, , 准

1. One of the reforms allows the local education department to choose their own textbooks based upon the national teaching guideline.
   其许教教指选择合适自身教材。
2. Please see the guideline here.
   请见规。
3. Here's a simple cropping guideline.
   简单裁剪。

guideline
[ noun ]

1. a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters

<noun.communication>

2. a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action

<noun.cognition>
the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam

3. a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior

<noun.cognition>

guideline \guideline\ n. hypen is changed from WN: adjust hier.
a formal rule describing how a situation must be handled; --
used as a direction to administrators from superiors.

Syn: guidelines.
[WordNet 1.5]