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 report shall be circulated to all Members within 90 days of the date of the composition and the establishment of the panel's terms of reference.
  该报告应在专家组组成和专家组职权范围确定之日起90天内散发全体成员。
• 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。
• My terms of reference are simply to keep track of my own product.
  我的权限仅仅是弄清楚我自己产品的进展情况。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Terms of Reference of the International Nickel Study Group
  国际镍研究组职权范围
• 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。
• 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。