tenure

英 ['tenjə] 美['tɛnjɚ]

n. 任期；占有
vt. 授予…终身职位

GRE TEM8 常用词汇低频词

英英释义

1. the term during which some position is held

2. the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands

词组搭配

security of tenure

the right of a tenant of property to occupy it after the lease expires (unless a court should order otherwise)

保有权，占有权

see sense 3 above

见前面义项3

考试真题

Instead of protecting speech and encouraging diversity and innovative thinking, the tenure system often stifles(压制)them: younger professors must win the approval of established colleagues for tenure, encouraging like-mindedness and sometimes inhibiting the free flow of ideas.

Whether they experiment with three-year degrees, offer year-round classes, challenge the tenure system—or all of the above—universities are slowly realizing that to stay competitive and relevant they must adapt to a rapidly changing world

The author thinks the tenure system in American universities .

实用场景例句

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。

It's still extremely difficult to get tenure.: 要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。

Lack of security of tenure was a reason for many families becoming homeless.: 居住权得不到保证是许多家庭居无定所的一个原因。

...the three-year tenure of President Bush...: 布什总统的三年任期

He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.: 当时，他在牛津担任诗歌教授的聘期刚到一半，声誉正隆。

Junior staff have only a slim chance of getting tenure.: 初级职员得到终身职位的机会十分渺茫。

Tenure means a permanent appointment.: 终身任期意味着永久性任职.

If you think your teacher wait till you get a boss . He doesn't have tenure.: 假如你认为你的老师严肃,等你有了老板再这样想. 老板可是没有任期限期的.

During his tenure at the college, Mr. Wang always pulled his own weight.: 王先生在大学服务期间, 都很负责合作.

To complicate matters further, once a faculty member has been granted tenure he is functionally autonomous.: 为了使事情变得更错综复杂, 一旦某位教师被授予了终身教授资格,他就自治了.

Salaries can also be tied to something else? tenure, more about that next week.: 工资也会和其它一些东西挂钩,比如任期等, 更多的情况我们将在下周介绍.

If tenure is denidedenied, then the assistant professor usually has a year to find another job.: 如果任期被拒, 助理教授一般有一年的时间用来寻找新的工作.

After that, the instructor could become an assistant professor. Assistant professors do not have tenure.: 在更高的阶段, 讲师可以成为助理教授, 副教授不是终身职位.

When women leave firms that practice permanent employment, their tenure is broken.: 妇女一旦离开实施终生雇佣制的企业, 她们的权益也就终止了.

I got tenure a year early as Steve mentioned.: 史蒂夫提及我提前一年拿到终身教职.

He has recently been refused tenure.: 他最近被拒绝授予终身职位.

Finally, offering tenure to employees is a major risk because of unforeseeable personnel problem.: 最后, 向员工提供终身职位是一项很大的冒险,因为这会出现无法预知的人事问题.

Workers and institutions implement the appointment system, but all of life tenure, is a temporary contract.: 事业单位的职工实行聘任制, 但都是终身制的, 临时工是合同制.

Assistant professors do not have tenure.: 助教是没有任期的.

Tf you think your teacher is tough, wait you get a boss . He doesn't have tenure.: 如果你认为你的老师严厉, 等你有了老板在这样想. 老板可是没有任期限制的.

Assistant professors generally have five to seven years to gain tenure.: 助理教授通常有五至七年时间去获取教席.

The legal contract specifies my status in terms of tenure, salary, pension, dismissal, redundancy, discipline, etc.: 合法契约详述了我在任期、薪酬、退休金、解雇、裁员和纪律等问题上的地位.

Assistant professors have 5 to 7 years to get tenure.: 助理教授有5到7年的时间来获得保有期.

On what tenure does he hold the house?: 他凭什么占用这所房子?

There might be a few steps in the chain of tenure.: 在土地保有权的环节中可能存在几个步骤.

An assistant professor who receives tenure becomes anprofessor.: 得到任期的助理教授将会成为副教授.

Meanwhile, the editorial review process isunconscionably long, and your tenure review is approaching.: 问题在于, 也许你永远也不会完全满意.

If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He have tenure.: 如果你认为你的老师严厉, 等你有了老板再这样想. 老板可能是没有任期限制的.

中文词源

tenure 任职，任期

ten-,持有，握住，-ure,名词后缀。

助记提示

1. ten- "hold" + -ure.
2. => holding of a tenement.
3. => condition or fact of holding a status, position, or occupation.
4. => "guaranteed tenure of office" (usually at a university or school).

双语例句

1. his four-year tenure as President: 他的四年总统任期

2. He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.: 他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心.

3. He has recently been refused tenure.: 他最近被拒绝授予终身职位.

4. On what tenure does he hold the house?: 他凭什么占用这所房子?

5. He holds his life on a happy tenure.: 他过着幸福的生活.

英文词源

tenure: tenure: see tenant
tenure (n.): early 15c., "holding of a tenement," from Anglo-French and Old French tenure "a tenure, estate in land" (13c.), from Old French tenir "to hold," from Vulgar Latin *tenire, from Latin tenere "to hold" (see tenet). The sense of "condition or fact of holding a status, position, or occupation" is first attested 1590s. Meaning "guaranteed tenure of office" (usually at a university or school) is recorded from 1957. Related: Tenured (1961).