在社会中生活就要遵循社会行为准则。 You must adapt to the norms of the society you live in.
绅士可能有钱、或者可能依赖朋友过活；绅士的准则是，无论他怎么穷也罢，他依然是拒绝做任何有用的工作的。 A gentleman may have money or may sponge on his friends; the criterion of a gentleman is that however poor he may be he still refuses to do useful work.
这部影片违反了审美的一切准则。 This film offends against all the canons of good taste.
他认为自己是艺术家，不必像一般人那样要受社会行为准则的束缚。 As an artist he didn't consider himself constrained (ie restricted) by the same rules of social conduct as other people.
他的行为违背了社会行为的道德准则。 His behavior transgressed the moral rules of the social conduct.