条件;表达方式;措辞;说法;任期( term的名词复数 );(学校的)学期;[复数](合同、付款、价格等的)条件;时期;

这两个名词均有“条件”之意。
condition通常指为实现许诺、协议、计划、合同等而订出的必须遵守或满足的作为前提的条件或要求。
terms指谈判或订立合同等时,一方或双方提出或同意的条件。
词源记忆法
来自term的复数形式。引申词义限制条件,特别用于指合同条款等。
重要短语
terms of payment付款条件
under the terms of根据…条款
come to terms with妥协;达成协议;让步;屈服;甘心忍受
terms of use使用条款
Year by year a few of these slang terms prove so useful that they graduate into respectable society.
年复一年,这些俚语中的一些证明是十分有用的,因而逐渐进入了上流社会.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》虽然用金钱来衡量物质产品的价值是可能的;但要估计人们为我们提供的服务的真正价值却极为困难.
来源:《用法词典》Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》You have to explain it in terms that the man on the Clapham omnibus would understand.
你必须用老百姓能理解的语言来解释这事.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Your thesis wouldn't get across if you used too many technical terms in it.
如果你用了过多的专业术语,你的论文就不会被人理解.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The matter, they decided, lay outside the commission's terms of reference.
他们认定这个问题不在委员会受托权限之内。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》那些孩子成绩方面的差异不能完全从社会背景来解释.
来源:《简明英汉词典》不久它就可以上市,按照我们与你商定的条款进行销售,重申一遍,这些条款尽量不要对外公开。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I meet many businessmen, and I see they think in terms of the overall picture.
我认识许多商人,我发觉他们考虑问题都是从全局出发的。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》In the past the two of them did not get on at all well ; they weren't even on speaking terms.
以前他俩合不来,彼此不搭腔.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》Linda and Tina were again on speaking terms; their disagreement was dead and buried.
琳达和蒂娜关系又好了, 他们的分歧早已烟消云散.
来源:《简明英汉词典》My new neighbor moved in last weekend and already we're on speaking terms.
我的新邻居上周才搬来,可是我们已经认识.
来源:《简明英汉词典》It still can be argued that Japanese shares are overvalued in terms of the return they offer.
从其提供的收益上看,仍然可以认为日本股价被高估了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She had come to terms with the fact that her husband would always be crippled.
她只好接受了丈夫将终生残疾这个现实。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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