n.[C]
- 期，期限
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They were sentenced to long
terms in prison.
他们被判长期徒刑。
- 学期
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Are there any examinations at the end of
term?
学期结束时有考试吗？
- 任期
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The President's
term of office is four years.
总统任期为四年。
- 【律】开庭期；地产租用期；偿债期
- （契约，谈判等的）条件；条款[P]
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We accepted the new
terms.
我们接受了新的条件。
- 关系，友谊；地位[P][（+with）]
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We are on good
terms with our neighbors.
我们与邻居和睦相处。
- 要求额，费用，价格[P]
- 专门名词，术语；（一般的）词，名称
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I am not familiar with chemical
terms.
我不熟悉化学术语。
- 措辞，说话的方式[P]
- 限期；（租赁等的）终止期；结账期
- 【数】【物】项；条
vt.
- 把……称为，把……叫做[（+as）][O8][O9]
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He
termed the play a tragedy.
他称该剧为悲剧。
短语
on speaking terms
- 友好
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After the quarrel, they were no longer
on speaking terms with each other.
争吵之后，他们之间的关系就不好了。
bring sb. to terms
- 使某人同意；使某人就范
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He was
brought to terms.
他被迫就范。
come to terms
- 达成协议
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He'd finally
come to terms with that company.
他最后还是与那家公司达成了协议。
in no uncertain terms
- 直截了当地；毫不含糊地
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He told us
in no uncertain terms not to come again.
他直截了当地告诉我们不要再来了。
in terms of
- 就……而论；在……方面
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In terms of money, he's quite rich, but not
in terms of happiness.
就钱来说他很富有，但就幸福来说就不然了。
in the long term
- 从长远来看
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In the long term we hope to make large profits on it.
从长远来看我们希望能靠它赚一大笔钱。
in the short term
- 从眼前来看；从短期来看
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In the short term, the medicine may not be very effective.
从眼前来看，这药可能疗效不是很大。
keep (on good) terms with sb.
- 与某人保持友好关系
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She's always trying to
keep terms with her neighbors.
她总是设法与邻居保持友好。
make terms
- 达成协议
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They've
made terms with each other.
他们已相互达成协议。
not on borrowing terms
- 不友好；没有交情
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Those two next-door families are
not on borrowing terms.
那两家隔壁邻居之间并不友好。
on equal terms
- 平等
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All of us are
on equal terms.
我们都是平等的。
on no terms
- 决不
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On no terms should you give up learning English.
你决不能放弃学习英语。
on one's own terms
- 根据自己的主张
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We'll do it
on our own terms.
我们将根据自己的主张来做。
set a term to
- 给……定期限
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They had
set a term to the contract.
他们已给合同定了期限。
辨析
n.
- a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept.
▸
(
terms)
a way of expressing oneself:
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a protest in the strongest terms.
▸Logic a word or words that may be the subject or predicate of a proposition.
- a fixed or limited period for which something lasts or is intended to last.
▸
(also term day)
(especially in Scotland) a fixed day of the year appointed for the making of payments, the start of tenancies, etc.
▸
(also full term)
the completion of a normal length of pregnancy.
▸
(Brit. also term of years or US term for years)
Law a tenancy of a fixed period.
▸archaic a limit, especially of time.
- each of the periods in the year during which instruction is given in a school, college, etc., or during which a law court holds sessions.
-
(terms)
stipulated or agreed requirements.
▸conditions with regard to payment.
▸agreed conditions under which a dispute is settled.
- Mathematics each of the quantities in a ratio, series, or mathematical expression.
- Architecture a terminus.
v.
call by a specified term.
Phrase
Derivative
- termly adj. & adv. (Brit.).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. terme, from L. terminus ‘end, boundary, limit’.
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