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tenured

/ten-yerd/US // ˈtɛn yərd //UK // (ˈtɛnjʊəd, ˈtɛnjəd) //

终身制,终身监禁,终身监禁的,终身聘用的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, having, or eligible for tenure, especially in a college or university: There are three tenured professors in the history department.
    • : granting, allowing, or leading to tenure: None of the advertised jobs is a tenured position.

Examples

  • Wilson, who joined an early precursor of the Supremes when she was 15, was the longest-tenured member of the singing group that vied with the Beatles for dominance over the pop charts in the mid-1960s.

  • During the one-year transition period, Hollendoner will work alongside Jean, who is one of the longest-tenured leaders in the LGBTQ movement.

  • The longest-tenured and highest-paid players, such as defensive end Ryan Kerrigan and cornerback Kendall Fuller, stopped seeing him as a rookie in training camp.

  • As the Wizards geared up for the new season with a long-anticipated free agency signing, the franchise’s longest-tenured player tried to hit the eject button.

  • An oil and gas job search study from last year that Deloitte references estimated that about 50% of the workforce is “tenured,” with the majority retiring within the next five to seven years.

  • One interpretation suggests he is the embodiment of whisky, a lewd allusion to a tenured tradition of Scottish alcoholism.

  • Even though I was tenured, if I left my once-beloved Mormon faith, I would lose my job.

  • So instead, he taught a semester here and a semester there, filling in for tenured writers who were off somewhere else, writing.

  • If he wins, he will become one of the longest-tenured members of Congress to win a spot in the Senate.

  • Each will now stand alongside more tenured career members like Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta.