tenure

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ten·ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə $ -jər/ noun [uncountable]  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 adjective a tenured professor 终身教授 a tenured position 终身职位

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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 Dictionarytenureten‧ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə-jər/ noun [uncountable]1the period of time when someone has an important job or positionDuring 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 universitythe life tenure of judges at the State Courts3LAW the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of landinequalities in land tenure → see also security of tenureOrigin tenure (1400-1500) Old French Medieval Latin tenitura, from Latin tenere; → TENOR

ten·ure nounChineseSyllable  

teaching right Business permanently the Corpus a to stay in

tenure
ten‧ure /ˈtenjə, -jʊə $ -jər/ noun [uncountable]1. the right to stay permanently in a teaching job:
    It’s becoming increasingly difficult to acquire academic tenure.
2. formal the period of time when someone has an important job:
    The company has doubled in value during his tenure.
3. law the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land for a period of time
—tenured adjective:
    a tenured professor
    a tenured position

ten·ureBrE /ˈtenjə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtenjər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the period of time when sb holds an important job, especially a political one; the act of holding an important job （尤指重要政治职务的）任期，任职◆his four-year tenure as President他的四年总统任期◆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。🔊🔊the right to stay permanently in your job, especially as a teacher at a university （尤指大学教师的）终身职位，长期聘用◆It's still extremely difficult to get tenure. 要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。🔊🔊the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land （房地产的）保有权，保有期