单词 | in terms of |
释义 | > as lemmasin terms of d. in terms of. extracted from termn. (a) Mathematics. By means of or with reference to specified variables or quantities. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > in relation to [phrase] > in respect of or with regard to in wise ofc1290 by (also for) reason ofa1350 as to (the) regard ofc1392 in regard of or toc1392 upon the side ofa1393 with regard toc1392 in respect of?a1425 in this (also that) behalf1458 upon the feat of1483 for (the) respect of1489 as pertains to1526 in order to1526 with respect1556 ad idem1574 on this behalf1581 in or with reference to1593 quoad hoc1601 in point of1605 with intuition to (of)1626 in the mention of1638 in terms of1704 how and about1753 as regards1797 as concerns1816 w.r.t.1956 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adverb] > with reference to particular quantity in terms of1704 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Square number A mix'd Number..whose Fractional Part is exprest in Terms of a Vulgar Fraction. 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 38 If a Series be required to be express'd in Terms of that Quantity whose 2d, 3d Fluxion, &c. is in the Equation. 1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 102 The nearest distance of the orbits of Venus and the earth was concluded in terms of the earth's diameter. 1951 W. W. Elliott & E. R. C. Miles College Math. (ed. 2) xviii. 243 Solve the given equation for y in terms of x. 2012 A. Simpson Cambr. O Level Math. II. iii. 58 Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the amount Dan received. (b) gen. By means of or in reference to (a particular concept); in the mode of expression or thought belonging to (a subject or category); (loosely) on the basis of; in relation to; as regards.Sometimes influenced by sense 12, approaching the sense ‘in the language or terminology of’. ΚΠ 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 102 Contradictoriness..manifested, in terms of a certain degree of strength, towards some proposition or propositions, that have been advanced by some one else. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. vii. §71. 248 The continuity of Motion..is really known to us in terms of force. 1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xviii. 63 Most persons, on being asked in what sort of terms they imagine words, will say ‘in terms of hearing’. 1932 E. C. Tolman Purposive Behavior I. i. 7 He [sc. J. B. Watson] has defined behavior in terms of its strict physical and physiological details. 1938 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 42 363 An attempt is made to explain the photolysis of silver halides in terms of the concepts of atomic physics. 1960 R. H. Gregory & R. L. Van Horn Automatic Data-processing Syst. xi. 396 System design is discussed here in terms of fact finding, developing specifications, meeting specifications, and matching equipment with the system. 2000 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 25 May (Property section) 51 We need to recognise metropolitan and CBD business remain the major engine of growth in terms of new employment. (c) to think in terms of: to consider along the lines of; to make the focus of one's attention; to base one's plans or intentions around. ΚΠ 1855 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 3 715/2 The decimal system makes passage from one unit to another much more easy, but it does not bind us to think in terms of one unit when another would be more convenient. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 242/2 Weingartner..gives the music the lay-out it would certainly have had if Beethoven had been thinking originally in terms of the orchestra. 1965 Listener 3 June 812/2 We were thinking in terms of the politics of democracy and gradualism, of separate African states, each different. 2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xi. 76 Why is it that men think in terms of enjoying things right now.., whereas women are always thinking in terms of bloody relationships? < as lemmas |
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