So it looks like he has seized the initiative and decided to step down on his own terms.

所以看起来他掌握了主动权，决定按照自己的条件下台。

" I think it is fitting, " Alter said, " that Jimmy Carter is ending his journey on his own terms."

“我认为吉米·卡特以自己的方式结束他的旅程，”奥尔特说，“这是恰当的。”

He agreed to go, but on his own terms. He played before a racially mixed group. And, he went wherever he pleased and said what he wanted.

他同意参加，但是要求自己做主。开赛前，他的团队中有不同人种。他去自己的想去的地方，说自己的想表达的话。

As a friend, I knew Hemingway as a man of depth, humor, and warmth, a man who lived life on his own terms.

作为朋友，我知道海明威是一个有深度、幽默和热情的人，一个按照自己的方式生活的人。

He told them of Salinger's death in 2010, a life lived on his own terms, devoted to the pursuit of truth and the sanctity of the written word.

他告诉他们塞林格在 2010 年去世，他过着自己的生活，致力于追求真理和文字的神圣性。

On his own terms. I had the honor of giving the eulogy, and ultimately he'd chosen cremation over that " casket." As I looked over at my dad's ashes, I had to smile because, you know, our dad really loved beer.

以他自己的方式。 我有幸发表了悼词， 最终他选择了火葬而不是那个“棺材” 。当我看着我父亲的骨灰时， 我不得不微笑， 因为，你知道，我们的父亲真的很喜欢啤酒。