terms n [pl] 1 (a) conditions offered or accepted （提出的或接受的）條件: peace terms 和平條件 according to the terms of the contract 按照合同的條件. (b) payment offered or asked （付出的或索要的）報(bào)酬, 代價 hire-purchase on easy terms 優(yōu)惠的分期付款 enquire about terms for renting a house 詢問租房子的價錢. 2 way of expressing oneself 表達(dá)方式; 措辭; 說法 protest in the strongest terms 以最強(qiáng)硬的措詞抗議 He referred to your work in terms of high praise/in flattering terms. 他對你的工作大加贊揚(yáng)[大捧特捧]. 3 (idm 習(xí)語) be on good, friendly, bad, etc `terms (with sb) have a good, etc relationship 關(guān)系好、 密切、 不好等 I didn't know you and she were on such intimate terms, ie were such close friends. 我不知道你和她關(guān)系這麼密切. be on speaking terms => speak. come to terms (with sb) reach an agreement 達(dá)成協(xié)議. come to terms with sth reconcile oneself to sth; learn to accept sth 使自己順從某事物; 設(shè)法忍受某事物 come to terms with her handicap 安於她自己的困難處境 You'll just have to come to terms with the fact that... 你不得不接受的現(xiàn)實(shí)情況是.... in no uncertain terms => uncertain.in terms of sth; in sth terms as regards sth; expressedas sth 在某事物方面; 以某說法來表達(dá) Think of it in terms of an investment. 從投資的角度來考慮那件事. The figures are expressed in terms of a percentage/in percentage terms. 那些數(shù)字是以百分?jǐn)?shù)表示的. on equal terms => equal. on one's own/sb's terms on conditions that one/sb else decides 按個人[他人]決定的條件.