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This mostly means a permanent, protected job position, especially for university professors — once you have 'tenure,' it's very hard for the school to fire you, which is meant to protect free thinking and research. More generally, 'tenure' can also just mean the length of time someone holds a position, like 'during his tenure as mayor.'
終身職（教職）；任期
組成From Latin "tenere," meaning to hold.
同家族的字
- tenantshares the Latin root 'tenere,' to hold — a tenant is someone who holds (rents) a property
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tenurenoun/ˈtɛn.jʊə/
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A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
- All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
- It will be rather entertaining to watch Merriman when he first faces the Transport Select Committee, with his former colleagues likely to be merciless in their questioning. During his tenure, Merriman was pretty sharp, which was no bad thing, and they will make sure he gets a dose of his own medicine.
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A period of time during which something is possessed.
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A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
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A right to hold land under the feudal system.
tenureverb/ˈtɛn.jʊə/
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To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。