• 中文意義 (包含詞性):
  
  
  • 名詞 (Noun):
    
    
    • 期間；期限；任期 (a period of time; a fixed length of time during which something, e.g., a contract, is valid or a person holds office)
    
    
    • 學期 (one of the periods into which a year is divided for students)
    
    
    • 術語；專有名詞 (a word or phrase used to describe something or to express a concept, especially in a particular area of study or business)
    
    
    • 條件；條款 (the conditions or rules that must be accepted as part of an agreement)
    
    
    • 關係 (如 on good terms: 關係良好)
  
  
  • 動詞 (Verb):
    
    
    • 稱呼；把…稱為 (to call something by a particular name or to describe it with a particular expression)
  
  
  
  


• KK音標: [tɝm]
  


• 常見度: ★★★★★ (五星 - 非常常見)
  


• 簡潔精要資訊:
  
  
  • 詞根 (Root): 來自拉丁語 terminus (意為「終點、界限、限制」)。
  
  
  • 中文諧音聯想 (Chinese homophonic association): 「特任」 (tè rèn) - 聯想到「特任期間」或「任期」，與「期間、任期」的意義相關。
  
  
  • 相關詞彙聯想 (Related vocabulary associations):
    
    
    • 期間、時間相關: period, duration, semester, quarter, year, timetable.
    
    
    • 語言、稱呼相關: jargon, idiom, expression, phrase, word, definition.
    
    
    • 協議、條件相關: condition, stipulation, provision, agreement, contract.
    
    
    • 詞根相關: terminal (終點站；末端的), terminate (終止).
  
  
  • 易於記憶的輔助說明 (Easy memory aid):
    
    
    • 從詞根 terminus (終點、界限) 聯想：一段「期間」有始有終的「界限」，「條件」是設定的「限制」，「術語」是特定概念的「界限」。
    
    
    • 記住三個核心意思：一段期間 (學期、任期)、一個術語 (專有名詞)、一組條件 (協議條款)。
  
  
  
  


• 例句 :
  
  
  • The university's fall term begins in September.
  
  
  • 這所大學的秋季學期在九月開始。