tenure

noun

1. （尤指重要政治职务的）任期，任职
   the period of time when sb holds an important job, especially a political one; the act of holding an important job
   1. his four-year tenure as President
      他的四年总统任期
   2. 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。
2. （尤指大学教师的）终身职位，长期聘用
   the right to stay permanently in your job, especially as a teacher at a university
   1. It's still extremely difficult to get tenure.
      要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。
3. （房地产的）保有权，保有期
   the legal right to live in a house or use a piece of land

1. N-UNCOUNT (房屋的)居住权;(土地的)使用权，使用期
   Tenure is the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time.
   1. 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。
2. N-UNCOUNT (重要职位的)任期，任职期间
   Tenure is the period of time during which someone holds an important job.
   1. ...the three-year tenure of President Bush...
      布什总统的三年任期
   2. 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。
3. N-UNCOUNT 终身职位;终身聘用
   If you have tenure in your job, you have the right to keep it until you retire.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. He did nothing noteworthy during his tenure.
   他在任职期间毫无建树。
5. On both large and small farms, one of the principal inhibitions to expansion of production can be insecurity of tenure.
   不论大农场或小农场，扩大生产的主要抑制因素可能是租地使用权缺乏保障。
6. I know that there are very high expectations for my tenure as ambassador.
   我知道人们对我作为大使的任期有着非常高的期望。
7. You may have the opportunity to write and edit early on in your tenure.
   在你任职的初期，你就可以得到写作和编辑的机会。
8. But that depends on how you define tenure and seniority.
   但这取决于你对终身制和排资论辈的定义。
9. Yet it was during his tenure that HSBC made the Mexican and Swiss acquisitions that have proved so costly.
   然而正是在他的任期内，汇丰在墨西哥和瑞士作出了最终代价高昂的收购。
10. I also asked McKenna about the board and its tenure.
    我也向他提出了关于董事会和董事任期的问题。
11. State-owned forest tenure reform practice promotes the development of civil theory, proposes the reform of forest legal system.
    国有林区林权改革的实践推动了民事理论的发展，提出林权制度改革法律建议。
12. When I got tenure I took all of my research team down to Disneyworld for a week.
    当我拿到终身教职我带我的研究团队到迪士尼乐园玩了一个星期。
13. Because you've got money, and I've got tenure.
    因为你得到了钱，我得到了职位。
14. His government was doomed, and his tenure of Downing Street with it.
    他的政府连同他在唐宁街的任期注定要完蛋了。
15. The paper makes a comprehensive survey on the measures, effects and problems of Jiangxi collective forest tenure reform.
    对江西集体林权制度改革的做法、成效与存在问题进行了全面调查。
16. She is one of the few lecturers in this department who have tenure.
    她是这个系中少数几个有终身职位的讲师之一。
17. Thorny issues such as women's role in agriculture and land tenure rights must also be tackled.
    还必须解决女性在农业中的作用以及土地权等棘手的问题。
18. During his tenure, Jon has been an outstanding advocate for this administration and for this country.
    在任职期间，洪博培一直是本届政府和我国的杰出代表。
19. Impose mandatory retirement and abolish tenure.
    实施强制性退休和废除使用权。
20. He is promised a long tenure of office.
    他得到许诺可有一个较长的任期。
21. Tenure means a permanent appointment.
    tenure的意思是永久性的聘任。
22. With security of tenure, even poor people are able to invest to improve their homes or their businesses.
    有了使用权的保障，即使是最贫困的人也能够投资改善他们的家或生意。
23. Faculty tenure is an important part of American higher education management system.
    教授终身制是美国高等教育管理体系的一个重要组成部分。
24. Towards the end of his tenure, he brought overall spending under control and raised revenue through stealth taxes.
    在任期即将结束时，他还控制了整体开支，并通过隐形税提高了政府收入。
25. The broad term, land tenure, refers to the relationships between individuals and groups in respect of land.
    广义地讲，土地占有制反映了个人与集团之间在土地问题上的相互关系。
26. Such land tenure arrangements take away much of the economic incentive for output expansion and productivity improvement.
    这种土地占有制度丧失了增加产量和提高劳动生产率的大量的经济动力刺激物。
27. The rural collective construction land tenure is the usufructuary rights.
    农村建设用地使用权属于用益物权。
28. I think so. The pay is graded according to tenure and academic status.
    我想是的。报酬是依照年限和学术职称分级的。
29. I have spent half my tenure chasing them.
    我任期一半的时间都花在跟踪这些问题上了。

noun

1. the right to hold property

   Synonym:    land tenure

2. the term during which some position is held

   Synonym:    term of officeincumbency

verb

1. give life-time employment to
   1. She was tenured after she published her book