Tenure



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.任期, 终身职位
• ［英］ n.任期, 终身职位 ( the right of holding something)
• ［记］ ten ( 拿住) +ure -> 任期
• ［例］ He will be given tenure at Columbia University this year.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French teneure, tenure, from Medieval Latin tenitura, from Vulgar Latin *tenitus, past participle of Latin tenēre to hold — more at thin
• Date: 15th century
• 1. the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (as a landed property, a position, or an office); especially a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from summary dismissal
• 2. grasp, hold
• ? tenurable adjective
• ? tenurial adjective
• ? tenurially adverb

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