professorship
🇬🇧 UK/prə'fɛsɚʃɪp/🇺🇸 US/prә'fesәʃip/
C2
Definitions
n.
The position or office of a professor at a university or college.
教授职位
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedproforward, for, before
+
orone who does, agent
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shipstatus, office, skill
=professorship
Common Collocations
- 1.endowed professorship冠名/捐赠教授席位
- 2.hold a professorship担任教授职位
- 3.visiting professorship客座教授职位
- 4.offer a professorship授予教授职位
Example Sentences
- 1.
She was offered a professorship at Harvard after years of groundbreaking research.
- 2.
He turned down a lucrative industry job to accept a professorship at the university.
- 3.
The endowed professorship was established in honor of the college's founding dean.