- 1定期的、約聘的（台灣合約說「定期契約」；中國大陸較常說「固定期限」）
Fixed-term describes a job, a contract, a class, or a stay that already has a start and an end. When the time is up, the agreement ends, unless both sides make a new one. At work this sits opposite a job with no end date: a fixed-term contract might run six months or two years. Schools and offices use it a lot. Though actually, fixed here does not mean “repaired,” and it does not mean “stuck forever” — it means the length was agreed in advance. People also use it for rent and loans: a fixed-term lease lasts a stated number of months.
fixed-term 用來形容工作、合約、課程或住宿，已經有明確的開始和結束。期限到了，協議就結束，除非雙方另外簽一份新的。在工作上，它和沒有截止日的職缺相對，例如「a fixed-term contract」可能是六個月，也可能是兩年。學校和辦公室用得很多。
租屋和貸款也會用，例如「a fixed-term lease」會持續一段事先寫明的月數。這裡的 fixed 不是「修好」，也不是「永遠固定」，而是說期限在事前已經講好。
組成fixed (agreed and set) + term (a period of time).
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fixed-termadj
- 1
Only lasting for a pre-arranged time.
- Have you got an indefinite or a fixed-term contract of employment?
- This is fixed-term in the sense that the duration is not unlimited but is limited by the time it takes to complete a task.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。