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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-derived
proforward, for, before
+
fessprofession, occupation, declaration
+
orone who does, agent
+
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.

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