单词 | tenured |
释义 | tenuredadj. Chiefly U.S. Of an official position, usually one in a university or school: carrying a guarantee of permanent employment until retirement. Of a teacher, lecturer, etc.: having guaranteed tenure of office. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > [adjective] > established > having guaranteed office tenured1969 1969 Guardian 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. 1975 Nature 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. 1976 Maclean's 27 Dec. 46/1 A board's right to fire any teacher, probationary or tenured, who violates the moral principles [etc.]. Derivatives ˈtenure v. [as a back-formation] (transitive) to provide (someone) with a tenured post. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > guarantee retention of office tenure1975 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 June 639/1 How you propose to recruit, train, tenure and retire faculty [sc. in an American university]. 1983 N.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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1969 |
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