昨天的IT英语考试试卷，翻译题中遇到一短语，rule of thumb，这啥？拇指规则？ 今天在看课件时，又遇到了rule of thumb，立即警觉起来，于是“词霸+google+wiki”了一下这个短语。 原来在中文里也有“拇指规则”这种说法，意思就是——凭感觉的方法; 单凭经验的方法。 wiki对它有详细的解释，包括它的由来。 The earliest citation comes from Sir William Hope’s The Compleat Fencing-Master, second edition, 1692, page 157: “What he doth, he doth by rule of thumb, and not by art.” The term is thought to originate with wood workers who used the length of their thumbs rather [...]