one of the principles or beliefs that a theory or larger set of beliefs is based on 原則;信條;教義 one of the basic/central tenets of Christianity 基督教的基本/主要信條之一
Extra ExamplesThey are an extreme sect with their own tenets and doctrines. 他們是一個極端的教派,有自己的信條和教義。 This is one of the central tenets of their moral thinking. 這是他們道德思想的核心原則之一。 Underlying Leninism was the tenet that revolution was inevitable. 列甯主義的根本信條是革命是不可避免的。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (superseding earlier tenent): from Latin, literally ‘he holds’, from the verb tenere.