term /tə:m/ I. n.［c］1. 期间，期限：during one’s term of office 在任职期间 The term runs from September till Easter. 期限从9月份到复活节结束。2.学期：at the end of the term 学期结束时； the spring (autumn) term 春(秋)季学期；a mid-term test 期中测验 3.术语，词语：scientific terms 科学名词；a medical term 医学术语 4.条款，条件(pl.)：accept one’s terms 接受某人的条件The terms of the treaty are as follows. 以下是条约的条款。5.用于习语 in terms of…1. 用…词语: It is difficult to express it in terms of science. 要用科学的字眼来表达它是很困难的。 2. 根据，按照：［考句］Many of the scientists and engineers are judged in terms of how great their achievements are.人们往往根据成就的大小来评价科学家和工程师。［考句］Which sport has the most expenses in terms of training equipment, players’ personal equipment and uniforms?就训练器械，运动员个人装备和服装而言，哪种运动花费最大？come to terms with…理解，接受：He’s trying to come to terms with his wife’s death.他竭力接受妻子去世的事实。II. vt.把…称为，把…叫作：He has been termed the father of modern theology.他被尊称为现代宗教学之父。
［辨析］见semester
