A method and a device for positioning a terminal are provided. The method includes: measuring, by the terminal, a downlink positioning reference signal of a TRP, to obtain a measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal, where at least one downlink positioning reference signal is measured by using at least two reception beams to obtain at least two measurement results; and transmitting, by the terminal, the measurement result for the downlink positioning reference signal of the TRP to a network.