Tenure
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- 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.
[编辑] 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