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单词 tenure
释义
tenure
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ˈten.jər//ˈtenjʊər/us
/ˈten.jɚ/
being thelegalownerofland, ajob, or anofficialpublicposition, or theperiodoftimeduring which you own it:
占有；使用权；使用期；任期；保有期
During his tenure asdean, he had arealinfluenceon thestudents.他在当教务长期间，对学生们影响很大。
therighttoremainpermanentlyin ajob:
终身职位
She is one of the fewpeoplein theEnglishDepartmentwhohastenure.她是英语系少数几个获得了终身职位的讲师之一。
professors(= thoselikelyto get tenure)who don'tpublishenoughworkmay not beofferedtenure.有机会获得终身职位的教授如果发表数量不足，可能不会给予终身职位。
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(Definition oftenurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tenure| American Dictionary

tenure
noun[U]
us
/ˈten·jər/
theperiodoftimewhen someoneholdsajob,esp. anofficialposition, or therighttokeepajobpermanently:
During his tenure asmayor,relationswith thepolicedepartmentworsened.
Michelle has tenure in her newteachingposition.
(Definition oftenurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

tenure| Business English

tenure
noun
formal
uk
/ˈtenjər/us
[C]WORKPLACE
theperiodoftimeduring which someone is in animportantjoborposition:
His 14-year tenureincludedsome of the store'sbesttimes.
sb's tenure as sthSevenyearsago, Ibeganmyofficialtenure aslabdirector.
under sb's tenureListings at the NYSEsoaredunder his tenure.
[U]WORKPLACE
therighttoremainpermanentlyin ajob,especiallyas ateacherat auniversity:
have tenureHe took asemesteroff from UA, where he has tenure.
Whatgroundsdid theuniversitygive fordenyingtenure to you?
[U]LAW,PROPERTY
thelegalrightto use apieceoflandor aproperty:
grant sb tenureThey were notgrantedtenure to theland.

See also

job tenure
security of tenure
(Definition oftenurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftenure

tenure
The figures in parentheses indicate the tenures of employment (the bold lines) expressed in months.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Housing associations have been thrown off-balance by the combination of increased responsibilities, the reduction in the proportion of funding coming from government, and changed tenures.
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Regionally, the relationship between site value and market value within tenures is not straightforward.
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He was tenured in a startlingly fast four years!
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The exception is stranger farmers who are not members of the local tribe and face limited access and uncertain tenures.
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I suppose then that tenured professors get to make the best colon quips because they can afford to.
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One late twelfth-century charter indicates that some military sergeanty tenures were the direct descendants of ministerial thanage holdings.
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Further, institutions have explored various options to influence tenured faculty to forgo their tenured position by providing buyouts, phased retirement, and other arrangements.
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On the other hand, active skilled workers and apprentices (enrolled in the skilled workers' training school) held longer tenures.
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One major set of threats to internal validity are history and maturation among the subjects due to different tenures or closer relationships with vendors.
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Our sub-set therefore represented various geographical locations, housing types and tenures, and diverse perspectives on moving or staying put.
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Agricultural prosperity rested on secure tenures that made the substantial farmers feel themselves to be full proprietors.
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Instead, the strategies suitable for obtaining housing of different tenures appear to encourage differences in family formation, especially early fertility or its postponement.
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In the middle range of officialdom life tenures were much more common, though certainly not invariable.
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The whole question of traditional ' feudal ' tenures and their demise complicates matters enormously.
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Collocationswithtenure

tenure

These are words often used in combination withtenure.

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brief tenure
I certainly hope that he will have a very distinguished andbrieftenureof office.
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four-year tenure
If parent governors are to have a four-year tenure of office, there will be difficulties.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
length of tenure
Thus,lengthoftenuremust be some indicator of performance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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