循规蹈矩的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
follow/rule/follow/rule
to follow rules, orders, etc. docilely

[解释]
循、蹈：遵循，按照。按照已有的规矩办事，不灵活。

[Explanation]
to observe all rules and regulations properly

[例子]
他是个非常循规蹈矩的人，不可能去冒这个险的。

[Example]
He is a person who observe all rules and regulations properly and will not take the risk.

[英文等价词]
to toe the line
keep on the rails
keep the rules
walk a chalk line
walk the chalk

At the beginning of the new term, all the students conscientiously obeyed the rules of the school
所有的学生,在上学初期,都很循规蹈矩。

The pastor tried hard,but unsuccessfully,to keep the boys to the straight and narrow path.
牧师竭力使男孩们循规蹈矩可是无效。

prim and proper
一本正经的;循规蹈矩的

Dot the i's and cross the t's
一点一划,循规蹈矩

Prim and proper
循规蹈矩,拘谨有礼

Her thoughts were staid and solemnly adapted to a condition
她的思想呆板，循规蹈矩地顺着环境。

His spirits were always equable and he was an observant person
他的精神总是平稳的，并且他又是个循规蹈矩的人。

We have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life.
我们在日常生活中已经做到循规蹈矩，举止有仪。

Does she count on suave bullying to keep the visitors in line?
他指望靠温和的威吓来使客人们循规蹈矩吗？

"If moral behavior were simply following rules, we could program a computer to be moral"
道德行为如果只是循规蹈矩办事,我们就可以编制一套程序使电脑有道德