tenure
UK/'tenjuә/US
GREA1
释义
n.
The period during which a position, office, or property is held
任期;占有期
n.
A guaranteed permanent post, especially for a university teacher
终身教职(尤指大学教师的永久职位)
v.
To grant someone a permanent academic post
授予(某人)终身教职
词根拆分
词根派生ten(持有)+ -ure(行为、结果)= "持有某物(的状态)"。最初是封建用语,指持有土地的条件。从"你持有土地多久"推广到"你持有任何职位多久"——你担任总统的 tenure(任期)。在大学里它有了特殊含义:你永久持有、不会被解雇的职位(终身教职)。
词根 tain 还连着 87 个词常用搭配
- 1.during one's tenure在任期间
- 2.grant tenure授予终身职位
- 3.tenure track终身教职晋升轨道
- 4.length of tenure任期长短
- 5.tenured professor终身教授
例句
- 1.
During her tenure as CEO, profits more than doubled.
在她担任首席执行官期间,利润增长了一倍多。
- 2.
After six years, he was finally granted tenure.
六年后,他终于获得了终身教职。
- 3.
Few young academics expect to be tenured these days.
如今很少有年轻学者指望能拿到终身教职。
易混词辨析
tenure 与 term:都指任期,但 term 是固定、有规定时长的(四年的 term),tenure 指你实际担任职位的整段时间(她的 tenure 持续了三年)。tenure 还特有"终身教职"的含义,term 没有。