| 释义 |
tenured, a. Chiefly U.S.|ˈtɛnjʊəd|
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
Of an official position, usu. one in a university or school: carrying a guarantee of permanent employment until retirement. Of a teacher, lecturer, etc.: having guaranteed tenure of office.
1969Guardian 24 May 1/6 Left-wing professors, whose only protection is tenured appointment. 1970‘A. Cross’ Poetic Justice i. iv. 62 What does she look like?..I thought I knew all the tenured English faculty. 1975Nature 25 Dec. 653/2 A growing number of French scientists have found themselves having to work on short⁓term contracts, as tenured posts have dried up. 1976Maclean's Mag. 27 Dec. 46/1 A board's right to fire any teacher, probationary or tenured, who violates the moral principles [etc.].
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈtenure v. trans., to provide (someone) with a tenured post.
1975Times Lit. Suppl. 13 June 639/1 How you propose to recruit, train, tenure and retire faculty [sc. in an American university]. 1983N.Y. Times 23 Oct. i. 35/1 We have 22 women who were tenured by this department as a result of evaluations that said they could do the job. |