terms of reference
scope or range of an inquiry, etc 询问、 调查等的范围或界限
The committee decided that the matter lay outside/within its terms of reference, ie that it could not/could consider it. 委员会决定对该事不予[加以]考虑.
We can have somebody come by, but it won't be right away.
我们可以派人去,但现在不行。
We are running on two shifts.
我们实行的工作是两班倒。
I think it is important to understand the relations between parents and their children. They spend time, energy and money in bringing up children and providing them with what they need. Then, as with young birds, the time comes for the young to leave. As