I thought you said it was a matter of principle.

您不是说这是原则问题吗。

It's a matter of principle. -All right. Well, I tried. I'm officially out of it.

这是原则问题。-好吧。我努力过了。我不掺和这事了。

But it is a matter of principle.

但这是一个原则问题。

“Our foreign policy, ” he declared, “promotes freedom as a matter of principle and interest.

“我们的外交政策，”他宣称，“将促进自由作为原则和利益问题。

She couldn’t take the money. It was a matter of principle.

【matter】她不能拿这笔钱。 这是原则问题。

It's not that we like him or anything, it's just a matter of principle.

不是说我们喜欢他或者怎么样 这是原则问题。

It was a matter of principle with Trimmle never to answer more than one question at a time.

。 Trimmle 的原则是一次永远不回答一个以上的问题。

As a matter of principle, he said, he never bought any of the tools in Vietnam still widely recycled from old war material.

他说，作为一种原则，他从来不买用回收来的军事废弃品再生产的理发工具。

It estimates that it loses a mere 3m-6m euros a year in revenue to Portugal, but says that as a matter of principle it can no longer tolerate tax refugees.

据评估，每年该国流入葡萄牙的收入损失不过3到5百万欧元，但是该国表示原则上，他们将不再默许“税收难民”。

One of the central questions is: " How, in the future, freedom of expression will be weighed against the people's need for protection." It's a matter of principle.

核心问题之一是：“未来将如何权衡言论自由与人民对保护的需求。”这是一个原则问题。

As a matter of principle, states are free to come up with idiosyncratic taxes on goods and services As a matter of policy, however, there are questions about going after online ads alone-legal, constitutional and practical.

作为原则，各个国家有权对商品和服务征收特殊税款。然而，作为政策问题，仅仅针对在线广告存在合法、宪法和实际方面的问题。

From a matter of principle, I am for it, even with the Taliban and other elements. But I also believe that Taliban are not the only threats to the women of Afghanistan or to the people of Afghanistan.

从原则上讲，我支持它，即使是塔利班和其他分子。但我也相信，塔利班并不是阿富汗妇女或阿富汗人民面临的唯一威胁。