tenure

英 [ˈtenjə(r)]

美 [ˈtenjər]

n.  (尤指重要政治职务的)任期，任职; (尤指大学教师的)终身职位，长期聘用; (房地产的)保有权，保有期

复数：tenures　过去式：tenured　

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指重要政治职务的）任期，任职
  the period of time when sb holds an important job, especially a political one; the act of holding an important job
  1. his four-year tenure as President
     他的四年总统任期
  2. She knew that tenure of high political office was beyond her.
     她知道自己与显赫的政治职位无缘。
• （尤指大学教师的）终身职位，长期聘用
  the right to stay permanently in your job, especially as a teacher at a university
  1. It's still extremely difficult to get tenure.
     要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。
• （房地产的）保有权，保有期
  the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (房屋的)居住权;(土地的)使用权，使用期
  Tenureis the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time.
  1. Lack of security of tenure was a reason for many families becoming homeless.
     居住权得不到保证是许多家庭居无定所的一个原因。
• N-UNCOUNT (重要职位的)任期，任职期间
  Tenureis the period of time during which someone holds an important job.
  1. ...the three-year tenure of President Bush...
     布什总统的三年任期
  2. He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.
     当时，他在牛津担任诗歌教授的聘期刚到一半，声誉正隆。
• N-UNCOUNT 终身职位;终身聘用
  If you havetenurein your job, you have the right to keep it until you retire.
  1. Junior staff have only a slim chance of getting tenure.
     初级职员得到终身职位的机会十分渺茫。

英英释义

noun

• the right to hold property
  Synonym:land tenure
• the term during which some position is held
  Synonym:term of officeincumbency

verb

• give life-time employment to
  1. She was tenured after she published her book

双语例句

• Tenure means a permanent appointment.
  tenure的意思是永久性的聘任。
• He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.
  当时，他在牛津担任诗歌教授的聘期刚到一半，声誉正隆。
• I know that there are very high expectations for my tenure as ambassador.
  我知道人们对我作为大使的任期有着非常高的期望。
• When I got tenure I took all of my research team down to Disneyworld for a week.
  当我拿到终身教职我带我的研究团队到迪士尼乐园玩了一个星期。
• Junior staff have only a slim chance of getting tenure.
  初级职员得到终身职位的机会十分渺茫。
• Impose mandatory retirement and abolish tenure.
  实施强制性退休和废除使用权。
• Thorny issues such as women's role in agriculture and land tenure rights must also be tackled.
  还必须解决女性在农业中的作用以及土地权等棘手的问题。
• He did nothing noteworthy during his tenure.
  他在任职期间毫无建树。
• I have spent half my tenure chasing them.
  我任期一半的时间都花在跟踪这些问题上了。
• She is one of the few lecturers in this department who have tenure.
  她是这个系中少数几个有终身职位的讲师之一。