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。

" It's not about another kilometer of territory. It's the matter of principle. We will not agree to any further captures of our territories, but some compromise can be reached in the meantime on the ceasefire and stopping hostilities."

他说，“这不是多一公里领土的问题，而是原则问题。我们不会同意他们进一步占领我们的任何领土，但在停火和停止敌对行动的同时可以达成一些妥协。”

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。