CONNECTED WITHif you explain or describe something in terms of a particular fact or event, you are explaining or describing it only in relation to that fact or event 根据…来解释[描述]
describe/measure/evaluate etc something in terms of something
Femininity is still defined in terms of beauty.
女性美仍然以美貌来界定。
It’s a mistake to think of Florida only in terms of its tourist attractions.
谈到佛罗里达只想到它是旅游胜地是不对的。
It’s too early to start talking in terms of casualties.
现在就开始谈论伤亡人数为时过早。
in terms of what/how/who etc
Did the experiment find any differences in terms of what children learned?
就儿童学到了什么而言,该实验是否发现了什么不同?
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in terms of what/how/who etc• In the end, there is little change in terms of what children learn.• Another philosophicalstanceviews children in terms of what they know-their strengths.• He sees it in terms of what might be.• Mainstreammodernism has often measured its modernityin terms of howfar it dispenses with nature / naturalism.• If you really want to get the job think only in terms of what you can do for your futureemployer.• How it works Simply follow the programme as laid out in terms of how often to walk and for how long.• And it is also good to think in terms of what bad things could happen.• We should have the communications people thinking in terms of how the President can articulate what the future might be.