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).
tenure 任职,任期
ten-,持有,握住,-ure,名词后缀。
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).
1. his four-year tenure as President
他的四年总统任期
来自《权威词典》
2. He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.
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).
中文词源
tenure 任职,任期
ten-,持有,握住,-ure,名词后缀。
英文词源
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).
双语例句
1. his four-year tenure as President
他的四年总统任期
来自《权威词典》
2. He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.