条文的英文：
an explanatory article or clause in a document

Performance provision
性能条文

The provisions of this Ordinance relating to crossed cheques shall apply to a warrant for payment of dividend.
本条例有关划线支票之条文，适用于支付股息之证书。

Descriptive provision
说明性条文

The text of a treaty is clear
条文畅达

Deemed-to-satisfy provision
方法性条文

The general provisions in the constitution apply to its generality and the particular provisions to its particularity
共同的就适用共同的条文，特殊的就适用特殊的条文。

Any provision in that way is said to be ultra vires and is void.
这种偏激的条文将被废止。

This document includes many articles.
这个文件包括许多条文。

Some readjustment has been made in the sequence of articles
还有条文的次序有些调动。

The provision for observation of the cease-fire was boilerplate
遵守停火协定的条款是照搬过去的条文。

He interspersed the text with explanatory diagrams.
他给本文配置了解说用的图表。

An explanatory table or list of the symbols appearing on a map or chart.
图例对出现在地图上或图表中的有关符号进行解释的一览表或清单

The official prefixed an explanatory note to the list of statistics.
那官员在统计表前加了一段说明文字。

carry an article
刊登一篇文章

It is a serious article.
这是一篇发人深省的文章。

A Class III article if it is of the opinion that the article is obscene
如认为该物品为色情物品，可评定为第Ⅲ类物品

This is a substantive clause.
这是个名词子句。

a temporal clause
时间从句,n.1. 暂存的事物,世间的事物[P1]

This is a subordinate clause.
这是个附属从句。