"he learned many medical terms"
"a prison term" "he left school before the end of term"
"the contract set out the conditions of the lease" "the terms of the treaty were generous"
"the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
"the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
"a healthy baby born at full term"
误 I'm not on very good term with my neighbours.
正 I'm not on very good terms with my neighbours.
析 表达“和…关系很好”时用be on good terms with...。这里的terms作“关系”解,要用复数形式。
他考虑什么事都从钱的角度出发。误 He thought of everything in the terms of money.
正 He thought of everything in terms of money.
析 表示“从…的角度”“就…来说”“用…表示”可以用in terms of, terms之前不可加冠词the。
他们想和敌人讲条件。误 They wanted to make a term with the enemy.
正 They wanted to make terms with the enemy.
析 表示“和…讲条件”要说 make terms with sb, term此时不可用作单数名词。