(与…)达成一致/和解;(对不愉快的事实)接受并释然。常见搭配:come to terms with sb/sth。另有较少见含义:就条件“谈妥条款”。
/kʌm tə tɜːrmz/(美式常见)
/kʌm tə tɜːmz/(英式常见)
After a long talk, they finally came to terms and decided to work together.
经过长时间交谈,他们终于达成一致,决定一起合作。
It took her years to come to terms with the loss, but she eventually found a way to move forward.
她花了好几年才接受这次失去,但最终还是找到了继续前行的方法。
terms 源自拉丁语 terminus,意为“界限、终点”,引申为“条件、条款”。come to terms 字面是“走到条款/条件那里”,最早常用于“谈妥条件、达成协议”,后来也引申为“与现实/处境和解、接受”。