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terms
n [pl]
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(a) conditions offered or accepted (提出的或接受的)条件: peace terms 和平条件
according to the terms of the contract 按照合同的条件.
(b) payment offered or asked (付出的或索要的)报酬, 代价
hire-purchase on easy terms 优惠的分期付款
enquire about terms for renting a house 询问租房子的价钱.
2 way of expressing oneself 表达方式; 措辞; 说法
protest in the strongest terms 以最强硬的措词抗议
He referred to your work in terms of high praise/in flattering terms. 他对你的工作大加赞扬[大捧特捧].
3 (idm 习语) be on good, friendly, bad, etc `terms (with sb) have a good, etc relationship 关系好、 密切、 不好等
I didn´t know you and she were on such intimate terms, ie were such close friends. 我不知道你和她关系这麽密切. be on speaking terms => speak. come to terms (with sb) reach an agreement 达成协议. come to terms with sth reconcile oneself to sth; learn to accept sth 使自己顺从某事物; 设法忍受某事物
come to terms with her handicap 安於她自己的困难处境
You´ll just have to come to terms with the fact that... 你不得不接受的现实情况是.... in no uncertain terms => uncertain.in terms of sth; in sth terms as regards sth; expressedas sth 在某事物方面; 以某说法来表达
Think of it in terms of an investment. 从投资的角度来考虑那件事.
The figures are expressed in terms of a percentage/in percentage terms. 那些数字是以百分数表示的. on equal terms => equal. on one´s own/sb´s terms on conditions that one/sb else decides 按个人[他人]决定的条件.
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