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terms

US // (tɜːmz) //

条款,条件,术语,条款规定

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : the actual language or mode of presentation usedhe described the project in loose terms
    • : conditions of an agreementyou work here on our terms
    • : a sum of money paid for a service or credit; charges
    • : mutual relationship or standingthey are on affectionate terms
    • : in terms of as expressed by; regardingin terms of money he was no better off
    • : come to terms to reach acceptance or agreementto come to terms with one's failings

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Examples

  • Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.

  • I was a journalist in New York City for the last of his three gubernatorial terms, a little more.

  • Yet to hear one of the victims so publicly rejecting the kinds of terms used in the past was inspiring.

  • Maybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think.

  • The Newsroom aired its final episode on Sunday, already an eternity ago in news-cycle terms.

  • Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.

  • Modification in its terms growing in part out of these new conditions will subsequently be required from time to time.

  • The society newspapers for the week alluded to the matter in veiled, but unmistakable terms.

  • Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.

  • It happened that I didn't stay around those police posts long enough to get familiar with the technical terms for everything.