tenure

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1 SECthe right to stay permanently in a teaching job 〔大学教师的〕终身职位，终身教席，终身教职

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure.

获得终身教职现在越来越难了。

2 formalPERIOD OF TIME the period of time when someone has an important job 〔重要职位的〕任期

The company has doubled in value during his tenure.

在他的任期内，公司的市值翻了一番。

3. lawSCL the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land for a period of time 〔房地产的〕保有权

—tenured adjectiveadj

a tenured professor

终身教授

a tenured position

终身职位

Examples from the Corpus

tenure• If a professor doesn't get tenure after ten years, he probably never will.• When I got tenure at Hopkins, I was a promising researcher.• The system of reversion could also be used, as we have seen, to establish something near to defacto hereditary tenure.• They suggest therefore that greater emphasis be given to housing tenure in evaluating relative deprivation.• At a local scale, table 5.5 shows differences in tenure within Devon, an example of a predominantly rural county.• No successor could hope for such an earth-moving tenure as that.• Under Richardson's tenure as commander, the Navy grew dramatically.• The situation for teachers without tenure varies according to the circumstances surrounding the dismissal.

From Longman Business Dictionary

tenureten·ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə-jər/ noun [uncountableU]

1the period of time when someone has an important job or position

During his four-year tenure as president, the firm’s annual revenue rose dramatically.

2the right to stay permanently in a job, for example a teaching job in a university

the life tenure of judges at the State Courts

3LAW the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land

inequalities in land tenure

Origin tenure

(1400-1500) Old French Medieval Latin tenitura, from Latin tenere; → TENOR

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