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tenure

/ten-yer/US // ˈtɛn yər //UK // (ˈtɛnjʊə, ˈtɛnjə) //

使用权,任期,使用期,保有期

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
    • : the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered.
    • : the period or term of holding something.
    • : status granted to an employee, usually after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give tenure to: After she served three years on probation, the committee tenured her.

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Examples

  • Citi shares gained about 40% during his tenure, compared with 138% for JPMorgan and 171% for Bank of America.

  • There were times … Look, I’ve looked back on my tenure, Carlos.

  • Melissa Maddox-Evans, who in October became the executive director for the housing authority, declined to comment specifically on issues before her tenure, but she said the court cases are a necessary step.

  • During her tenure leading the label, Dlugacz produced 40 albums and sold more than a million records.

  • When he took over eight years ago, it was far from clear that the paper would emerge from his tenure as a modern digital operation that was still family-controlled.

  • In this clip, a teenage Minaj gets heated and throws a phone in a play rehearsal during her tenure at LaGuardia High School.

  • Simpson also encountered similar situations during his tenure at the Center.

  • Around the world, they are held in high esteem, paid professional wages, and often granted tenure in their jobs.

  • “That was the longest, most severe S/M session I have experienced in my thirty-four-year tenure,” she writes in the book.

  • His stories about his tenure in Washington hype his success in fixing housing problems in “inner cities.”

  • He has made judges dependent on his will alone for the tenure of their offices and the amount and payment of their salaries.

  • His tenure of the governorship of Urmi had been brief; but like the kingship of Roumania was always a pleasant reminiscence.

  • Under the feudal system the rent was of two classes—personal service or money; the latter was considered base tenure.

  • Poor Mr. Selwyn had repaired and decorated the house only the previous year, little thinking his tenure of it would be so short.

  • On revising the statutes good behavior was made the term of tenure for the judges and clerks of common pleas.