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termsHtV:mz, $tV:rmzpl nthe conditions which control an agreement, arrangement or activity条款; 条件We will have to discuss your terms of employment.我们必须讨论一下你的工作条件。The terms of the contract are not negotiable.这份合同的条款是不能协商的。I bought this dishwasher on favourable/reasonable terms (= I paid a reasonable price for it.)我用较低廉的/公道的价格买了这洗碗机。Consider it in terms of (= as) an investment.就把它当作一种投资吧。If you bring someone to terms, you force them to accept particular conditions.迫使某人接受条件; 迫使某人屈服The United Nations tried to bring the warring sides to terms to put an end to the war.联合国试图迫使交战方结束战争。If you come to terms with someone, you agree with them about something.达成协议; 取得一致; 妥协We will have to come to terms with him about how many hours a week he is going to work for us.关于他每星期为我们工作几小时的问题，我们得和他达成协议。If you come to terms with something unpleasant or difficult, you learn to accept it and deal with it.屈服，接受He has come to terms with his wife's illness and says he will nurse her at home.他必须接受他妻子生病的现实，并说他将在家护理她。If you talk about something in particular terms or in terms of something, you use it to make clear which particular area of a subject you are discussing.就…方面而言A 200-year-old building is very old in American terms/in terms of American history.在美国人眼中/就美国历史而言，200年的旧建筑就是很古老的了。If you are thinking/talking in terms of doing something, you are considering doing it.计划（做某事），打算（做某事）I'm thinking in terms of retiring next year and travelling overseas.我打算明年退休，出国旅行。If you buy something on easy terms, you pay for it over a period of time.以优厚的条件; 分期付款If you do something on your own terms, you decide the conditions under which you will do it, because you are in a position of power.按照自己的主张If two people are treated on equal/on the same terms, they are treated in the same way.同等地; 平等地We can't work on equal terms unless we speak a common language.除非我们说共同的语言，不然我们就不能平等地工作。If two people are on good/bad terms, they have a good/bad relationship with one another.（两人）关系好/不好I've always been on good terms with my neighbours.我与邻居的关系一直不错。(fml) Terms of reference are the matters to which a study or report is limited.（研究或报告）所论事项Working hours were within our terms of reference, whereas rates of pay were outside our terms of reference.工作时数是我们要考虑的，而每小时的酬金不在我们的考虑范围内。(Am) Terms of reference are ideas or experiences which people use to make decisions.考虑事项; 关心的事He is always concerned about money -- finance is his only term of reference.他总是关心钱，金钱是他唯一考虑的东西。
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