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

• 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。
• 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。
• Their terms of reference and detailed working procedures shall be decided by the panel, and they shall report to the panel.
  其职权范围和具体工作程序应由专家组决定，并应向专家组报告。
• Terms of Reference of the International Nickel Study Group
  国际镍研究组职权范围
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Other competent departments under the State Council shall be responsible for the administration works with relation to anesthetic and psychoactive drugs in their respective terms of reference.
  国务院其他有关主管部门在各自的职责范围内负责与麻醉药品和精神药品有关的管理工作。
• 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？