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

• 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 notice served on such person shall set out the terms of reference.
  则送达该人的通知，须列出调查范围。
• Mr Knight's report, the terms of reference for the AL review and a range of fact sheets can be found on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's website.
  奈特先生的报告、风险等级评估的授权调查范围和一系列情况说明书都可以在移民公民部网站上查到。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• On the debt management component, the Bank provided technical assistance in the development of terms of reference for a battery of consultants charged with reviewing organization and processes.
  世行向债务管理子项目提供了技术援助，用于为负责审查机构安排和流程的咨询专家编制工作大纲。
• Each committee acts within agreed terms of reference.
  各委员会均按已同意的职权范围行事。
• 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。
• 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。