1N-UNCOUNT (房屋的)居住权;(土地的)使用权,使用期Tenure is the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time. (房屋的)居住权;(土地的)使用权,使用期
Lack of security of tenure was a reason for many families becoming homeless.
1holding an important position擔任要職ADJECTIVE | VERB + TENURE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤life, lifetime, long終身職位;長期職位◇the lifetime tenure of federal judges聯邦法官的終身職位➤brief, short短暫任職➤two-year, four-year, etc.兩年、四年等任期VERB + TENURE➤have任職◇She had a long tenure of office.她在職很長時間。➤begin, end開始/結束任職PREPOSITION➤during sb's tenure在某人的任期內◇He achieved a lot during his short tenure.他在短暫的任期內做出了很大的成績。PHRASES➤a tenure of office任期tenure
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2legal right to occupy property/land財產或土地的合法佔有權ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤secure有保障的保有▸➤housing, land住宅/土地保有➤freehold, leasehold自由/租賃保有▸➤feudal封建土地保有PHRASES➤security of tenure保有權保障;租住權保障◇The tenants have security of tenure.租客享有租住權保障。tenure
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3right to remain permanently in your job終身在職權ADJECTIVE | VERB + TENURE | TENURE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤academic, faculty (NAmE) 終身學術/教師職位➤indefinite (especially NAmE) 無限期職位VERB + TENURE➤have享有終身職位▸➤achieve, get (both especially NAmE) 得到終身職位▸➤grant sb授予某人終身職位◇She has been granted tenure at Leeds University.她已被授予利茲大學的終身職位。➤deny sb (especially NAmE) 拒絕給予某人終身職位◇He claims he was denied tenure because of his political views.他聲稱因為個人政見而被拒絕授予終身職位。TENURE + NOUN➤track (NAmE) 終身職位制度◇He's on a tenure track in the French department of a college in Connecticut.他在康涅狄格州一所學院的法語系擔任終身教職。➤clock (NAmE) 終身教職時鐘(教師獲得終身教職的任職年限)◇She stopped her tenure clock twice to raise two children.她為了養育兩個孩子而兩次中斷終身教職時鐘。➤evaluation, review (both NAmE) 終身職位評審➤decision (NAmE) 終身職位決定◇The college's tenure decision is final.學院的終身教職決定是最終決定。