| 单词 | to make terms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make terms P6. to make terms: to agree on conditions, come to terms; chiefly with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord?a1160 to make (a) finec1325 covenantc1330 compound1419 packc1450 patisec1475 conclude1477 compone1478 bargain1483 article1526 make1530 compact1535 to dispense with1569 temporize1579 to make termsa1599 to strike (a person) luck1599 to be compromised1600 compacka1618 stipulatea1648 to come to terms1657 sort1685 paction1725 to cry off1775 pact1904 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 82 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He dare now front Princes, and make tearmes with great potentates. 1652 French Occurr. No. 7. 51 The Citizens, and others are in a great fear lest the prince of Conde out of his enmity to the new Cardinal, should make terms with the old. 1701 Present Disposition Eng. Considered 6 Procured the Names of those..that had got Pardons, or made Terms with King James. 1760 Mod. Part Universal Hist. XXIV. xi. iv. 537 This gave the house of Austria an advantage..whenever the Protestant princes in Germany were reduced to make terms. 1814 L.-M. Hawkins Rosanne III. liv. 68 Lord Montrylas, whose favour seemed of value with one or both, assuming a tone of pleasantry, made terms with them. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 17 Oct. 14/1 The Amarars have made terms with the Hadendowas, giving them a number of cattle. 1907 Pop. Mech. Jan. 166/1 The later patentee must either make terms with the earlier patentee, or wait until the earlier patent is dead. 1965 M. H. Keen Laws War in Late Middle Ages viii. 120 This threat so terrified the garrison of the fort that they made terms at once. 2009 Financial Times 2 Apr. 13/2 Bastions of banking secrecy such as Switzerland, Liechenstein and Singapore have sought to make terms with the OECD. < as lemmas |
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