term
n
1 period of time for which sth lasts; fixed or limited time 期間; 期限
a long term of imprisonment長期監禁
during the President's first term of office 在該總統的首屆任期.
2 (fml 文) end or completion of such a period of time 期間或期限的終止或完結; 到期; 期滿
a pregnancy approaching its term 妊娠期滿
His life had reached its natural term. 他已盡其天年.
3 any of the three or four periods in the year during which classes are held in schools, universities, etc (學校的)學期
the autumn/spring/summer term 秋[春/夏]季學期
end-of-term examinations 期終考試
during/in term(-time) 在學期當中. Cf 參看 semester.
4 (law 律) period of time during which a lawcourt holds sessions 法庭的開庭期.
5 word or phrase used as the name or symbol of sth (用作某事物名稱或象徵的)詞或詞組, 術語, 說法
`The nick' is a slang term for `prison'. the nick一詞是俚語, 意為`班房'.
technical, legal, scientific, etc terms 技術、 法律、 科學等的術語.
6 (mathematics 數) each of the quantities or expressions in a series, ratio, etc (數列、 比例等的)項.
7 (idm 習語) a contradiction in terms => contradiction (contradict). in the `long/`short term in the distant/near future 長[短]期
We must aim for world peace in the long term. 我們要爭取持久的世界和平. term, v [Cn.a, Cn.n]
(fml 文) call (sth/sb) by a certain term(5); name 用某詞語稱(某事物[某人]); 將(某事物[某人])稱做
term an offer unacceptable 把一提議稱做是難以接受的
a type of music that is termed plainsong 稱為素歌的一種音樂.
?? 擴展釋義
*[t?:m]n. 術語, 專有名詞, 期限, 學期, 任期, 條件, 價錢, 關系, 地位, 項, 界石vt. 稱, 呼【計】 檢索詞; 項【化】 期; 期限【醫】 期限, 足月, 足孕, 界, 范圍, 名詞【經】 期, 期限, 結帳期; 稱為相關詞組: in the short term set a term to at term term A B in the long term