tFm; tәːm < term >
[常用字]
<<名词>>
1 a. 期; 期间
b. 任期
a six-year term as senator 参议员的六年任期
C. 学期; 开庭期
2 a. 终了; 期满
an apprenticeship nearing its term 学徒生涯接近终了
b. 足月
carried the fetus to term 临近产期
c. (付款的) 期限
3『法律』
a. 地产租用期
b. 有限期租用的地产
4 a. 专门名词; 术语
had to explain the term gridlock 必须解释 "gridlock" 一字的意义
b. (常作 terms) 特定的措辞方式; 特定的说话方式
spoke in rather vague terms 说话措辞较为模棱两可
praised him in glowing terms 措辞热烈地赞美他
5 (常作 terms) 条件; 条款
offered favorable peace terms 开出善意的讲和条件
one of the terms of the lease 租赁条款之一
the terms of a divorce settlement 离婚协议的条件
6 (常作 terms) 关系; 交情
on good terms with her in-laws 和她的丈夫家人关系融洽
7『数学』
a. (比率, 分数, 级数) 项
b. (加减法等式中的) 项
8『逻辑』(二段论中的) 名辞
9 界限; 界碑;
界标<<及物动词>>
termed, term.ing, terms
把┅称为; 把┅叫做
<<惯用语>>
in terms of
1 以┅表示
distances experssed in terms of kilometers as well as miles以公里及英哩表示的路程
cheap entertainment, but costly in terms of time wasted花费不多, 但颇为耗时的消遣
2 关於┅; 从┅方面而言
"facilities planned and programmed in terms of their interrelationships, instead of evolving haphazardly" (Wharton Magazine)设备是从彼此间的互动关系著眼来计划和建造, 而不是因偶然的发展