中文词源
terms 限制条件，条款
来自 term 的复数形式。引申词义限制条件，特别用于指合同条款等。
英语词源
- terms (n.)
- "limiting conditions," early 14c.; see term (n.). Hence expressions such as come to terms, make terms, on any terms, etc. Meaning "standing, footing, mutual relations," as in expression on good terms (with someone), is recorded from 1540s.
权威例句
- 1. It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
- 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。
- 2. We are taught to construe these terms in a particular way.
- 我们被教导要以特定的方式理解这些词语。
- 3. Some have been sentenced to long prison terms after unfair trials.
- 有些人被冤判长期徒刑。
- 4. How do the two techniques compare in terms of application?
- 这两种手法实际运用起来哪个好一些？
- 5. People use scientific terms with no clear idea of their meaning.
- 人们使用科学术语，但并非很清楚其含义。
词语辨析
【condition, terms】
这两个名词均有“条件”之意。
condition: 通常指为实现许诺、协议、计划、合同等而订出的必须遵守或满足的作为前提的条件或要求。
terms: 指谈判或订立合同等时，一方或双方提出或同意的条件。
这两个名词均有“条件”之意。
condition: 通常指为实现许诺、协议、计划、合同等而订出的必须遵守或满足的作为前提的条件或要求。
terms: 指谈判或订立合同等时，一方或双方提出或同意的条件。