mass noun
1
- the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied（房地产的）保有（权）; 保有条件。
2
- the holding of an office（职位的）占有（权）, 任职：
his tenure of the premiership would be threatened.
他的总理任职将会受到威胁。
2.1
- count noun a period for which an office is held任期。
3
- （亦作security of tenure）guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher or lecturer, after a probationary period（尤指教师、讲师在试用期后被授予的）终身职位。
with obj.
1- give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or lecturer授予…终身职位（尤指教师、讲师职位）：
I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor.
最近我获得终身职位后被提升为正教授。
1.1
- as adj. tenured having or denoting such a post享有终身职位的：
a tenured faculty member.
拥有大学终身职位的教师。
短语
security of tenure
1
- the right of a tenant of property to occupy it after the lease expires (unless a court should order otherwise)保有权, 占有权。
2
- see sense 3 above见前面义项3。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French, from tenir 'to hold', from Latin tenere.