Medium-term

medium ['midɪəm]

adj. 中等的，中级的;普通的;平均的;半生熟的; n. 媒介物，媒质;中间，中庸，[生]培养基，培养液，颜料溶解液，[数]中数，平均，[逻]中名辞;手段，方法;中间物;

medi中间+um表名词→中间物，媒介

term [tɝm]

n. 学期;条款;术语;期限; vt. 把…称为;把…叫做;

term(boundary)→期限；期间；学期；术语；措辞；交谊

Do you live on or off campus?

你住在校内还是校外？

I'm afraid I have bad news for you.

恐怕我有坏消息要告诉您。

Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.

我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。