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

Terms of Reference of the International Copper Study Group
国际铜研究组织职权范围
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。
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？
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。
Regarding the terms of reference, it offered to revert with a proposal.
关于职权范围，它愿意重提一项提案。
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。
Dr Heymann: The details will be worked out in the terms of reference which will describe exactly what a Collaborating Centre can do with the viruses provided through surveillance.
Heymann博士：详情将在一份职权范围中拟订，它将准确描述一个合作中心可利用通过监测提供的这些病毒做些什么。
In the present case, the main claim and the counterclaim, in accordance with the terms of reference, have been examined together so as to be the subject of a single award, and there is no reason to separate them.
在本案中，按规定说明，主诉和反诉已经进行共同审理，成为一次性裁决事项，故没有理由在将它们分割开。
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。