terms of reference

英 [ˌtɜːmz əv ˈrefrəns]

美 [ˌtɜːrmz əv ˈrefrəns]

n.  (委员会或报告的)受委托权限，受权调查范围

牛津词典

noun

• （委员会或报告的）受委托权限，受权调查范围
  the limits that are set on what an official committee or report has been asked to do
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 受权调查范围;研究事项;权限
  Terms of referenceare the instructions given to someone when they are asked to consider or investigate a particular subject, telling them what they must deal with and what they can ignore.
  1. The government has announced the terms of reference for its proposed committee of inquiry.
     政府已经公布了拟议成立的调查委员会的职权范围。

双语例句

• How could the government know enough about the costs and benefits and even the very possibility of an innovation to put a price tag on it and write the terms of reference for a prize competition?
  政府怎么可能全面了解创新的成本和收益，乃至创新实现的可能性，从而给它贴上价签，注明有奖竞争的权限？
• Regarding the terms of reference, it offered to revert with a proposal.
  关于职权范围，它愿意重提一项提案。
• The work of the Task Forces and Working Groups are guided by terms of reference and budgeted work plans, approved by the Alliance Board.
  每个专题组和工作组都有明确的工作任务和职责范围，以及工作计划和预算，由联盟理事会批准。
• Dr Heymann: The details will be worked out in the terms of reference which will describe exactly what a Collaborating Centre can do with the viruses provided through surveillance.
  Heymann博士：详情将在一份职权范围中拟订，它将准确描述一个合作中心可利用通过监测提供的这些病毒做些什么。
• They include the terms of reference, export quota allocation and issues relating to export licenses.
  它们包括了授权调查范围，出口配额分配和与出口许可证相关的问题。
• Is this question within/ outside our terms of reference?
  这个问题在/不在我们调查范围之内吗？
• This process will be documented in a revised Terms of Reference for the WHO laboratories.
  这一过程将在修订的世卫组织实验室职权范围中予以记录。
• The actual evaluation, however, will be for every individual, whatever the terms of reference of his performance.
  然而，无论他履行或提及到何种术语，真正的价值会根据每一个个人而定。
• The terms of reference of the working group will be established through diplomatic channels.
  工作组的职能将通过外交渠道商定。
• He should take the principles he enunciated on borders and security and convert them into terms of reference for a new negotiation.
  他应该坚持自己在巴以边界划分和安全问题上阐述的原则，并将它们转化为新一轮谈判的讨论事项。