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

• By exploring punctuation, for example, and paragraphing, it goes far beyond a dictionary's terms of reference.
  通过探索标点，例如和分段，它是远在字典的职权范围之外。
• Charging projects worked out beyond terms of reference and charging standards heightened without authorization shall be rectified according to relevant state provisions.
  对越权设立收费项目，擅自提高收费标准的，要按照国家有关规定予以纠正。
• 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？
• The panel shall determine the terms of reference of the Technical Committee for the particular dispute and set a time period for receipt of the report of the Technical Committee.
  专家组应确定技术委员会对特定争端的职权范围，并设定接受技术委员会报告的时间。
• Terms of Reference of the International Nickel Study Group
  国际镍研究组职权范围
• 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。
• 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。
• Codified experience in terms of reference architectures, architectural and design patterns, and other reusable elements all have a part to play.
  以参考体系架构、体系架构和设计模式、以及其他复用组成要素等形式归纳整理的经验都将扮演很重要的角色。
• 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。
• Those seed strains will then be shared with pharmaceutical companies to develop vaccine, and that mechanism will be outlined in the terms of reference of the WHO Collaborating Centres.
  然后，将与制药公司共享这些病毒种株以研制疫苗，并且将在世卫组织合作中心职权范围中概述这一机制。