1. His behavior offends the canons of good manners.
    他的行为冒犯了公认的礼貌规范。

1. canon

1. 教规：在庵室里,每个修士都要按教规(canon)行事:每天叩拜300次,作600个十字,并读<圣咏>>. 如果不去晨祷,也不守教规的修士,在开始作他们的工作前直到晚上为止是不能领受食粮的. 同时,修士不准许在庵室里接待家属,不允许有私钱,

1. (大教堂的)咏礼司铎
    A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.

2. 精品集;真作集
    A canon of texts is a list of them that is accepted as genuine or important.

    e.g. He had to read a canon of accepted literary texts.
           他不得不阅读一系列公认的经典文学作品。
    e.g. ...the Irish literary canon.
           正宗的爱尔兰文学作品

3. 规范;规则;原则
    A canon is a general rule or principle.

    e.g. The very first canon of nursing is to keep the air inside as fresh as the air outside.
           护理工作的首要原则是要保持室内空气像室外一样清新。

1. a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired

2. a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

3. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy

    e.g. the neoclassical canon
           canons of polite society

4. a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts

5. a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

    Synonym: canyon

6. a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter