tenure
英 ['tenj?]
美['t?nj?]
- n. 任期；占有
- vt. 授予…終身職位
CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞常用詞匯
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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).
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).
中文詞源
tenure 任職，任期
ten-,持有，握住，-ure,名詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. his four-year tenure as President
- 他的四年總統(tǒng)任期
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.
- 他在擔任市長的整個任期內(nèi)都深得民心.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He has recently been refused tenure.
- 他最近被拒絕授予終身職位.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. On what tenure does he hold the house?
- 他憑什么占用這所房子?
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. He holds his life on a happy tenure.
- 他過著幸福的生活.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》