tenure
英['tenjə]
美['tɛnjɚ]
- n. 任期；占有
- vt. 授予…终身职位
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).
中文词源
tenure 任职，任期
ten-,持有，握住，-ure,名词后缀。
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).
双语例句
- 1. his four-year tenure as President
- 他的四年总统任期
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He has recently been refused tenure.
- 他最近被拒绝授予终身职位.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. On what tenure does he hold the house?
- 他凭什么占用这所房子?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. He holds his life on a happy tenure.
- 他过着幸福的生活.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》