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tenure n.终身职位；任期；保有 (1) 要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。(2) 他最近被拒绝授予终身职位。(3) 美国总统的任期是四年。(4) 他得到许诺可有一个较长的任期。(5) 在土地保有权的环节中可能存在几个步骤。 Tenure from the Latin tenere means "to hold" and refers to the period of time a person works at a particular job or in an office. A president might have to deal with a recession during his tenure in the White House. In university jargon, if you have tenure, you have a permanent teaching position or professorship. In this sense, tenure can also be used as a verb. You've got it made if you're tenured at age 29.

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英 ['tenjə(r)] 美 ['tenjər] (1) It's still extremely difficult to get tenure.(2) He has recently been refused tenure.(3) The tenure of the US Presidency is four years.(4) He is promised a long tenure of office.(5) There might be a few steps in the chain of tenure. Take the noun tenure for the period of time a person holds a position or office. Your tenure as a student ends when you graduate high school — unless, of course, you go on to college. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](房屋的)居住权；(土地的)使用权，使用期 Tenure is the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time. 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。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](重要职位的)任期，任职期间 Tenure is the period of time during which someone holds an important job.   [with supp]...the three-year tenure of President Bush...布什总统的三年任期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。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]终身职位；终身聘用 If you have tenure in your job, you have the right to keep it until you retire. 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。

英语单词	tenure
英美音标	英 ['tenjə(r)] 美 ['tenjər]
中文释义	n.终身职位；任期；保有
英语例句	(1) It's still extremely difficult to get tenure. (2) He has recently been refused tenure. (3) The tenure of the US Presidency is four years. (4) He is promised a long tenure of office. (5) There might be a few steps in the chain of tenure.
中文例句	(1) 要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。 (2) 他最近被拒绝授予终身职位。 (3) 美国总统的任期是四年。 (4) 他得到许诺可有一个较长的任期。 (5) 在土地保有权的环节中可能存在几个步骤。
vocabulary简明	Take the noun tenure for the period of time a person holds a position or office. Your tenure as a student ends when you graduate high school — unless, of course, you go on to college.
vocabulary扩展	Tenure from the Latin tenere means "to hold" and refers to the period of time a person works at a particular job or in an office. A president might have to deal with a recession during his tenure in the White House. In university jargon, if you have tenure, you have a permanent teaching position or professorship. In this sense, tenure can also be used as a verb. You've got it made if you're tenured at age 29.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](房屋的)居住权；(土地的)使用权，使用期 Tenure is the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time. 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。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](重要职位的)任期，任职期间 Tenure is the period of time during which someone holds an important job. [with supp] ...the three-year tenure of President Bush... 布什总统的三年任期 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。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]终身职位；终身聘用 If you have tenure in your job, you have the right to keep it until you retire. 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。

Tenure Period Office Time N Uncount 不可数名词 Person Holds