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In America at least, average job tenures have barely changed in recent decades. 
至少在美国,近几十年来,平均任职时间几乎并无变化。
——《纽约时报》 - 
	
Mrs. Thatcher’s 11-year tenure had much in common with Liverpool’s, both in its length and its attitudes toward organized labor. 
撒切尔夫人在11年的首相生涯中,从其任期长度和对待有组织工人的态度上,都与利物浦勋爵相似。
——《纽约时报》 
[名词] 任职期间
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居住权得不到保证是许多家庭居无定所的一个原因。 
Lack of security of tenure was a reason for many families becoming homeless. 
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布什总统的八年任期 
the eight-year tenure of President Bush - 
	
她知道自己与显赫的政治职位无缘。 
She knew that tenure of high political office was beyond her. 
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要取得终身职位仍然极其困难。 
It's still extremely difficult to get tenure. - 
	
经过三年的试用,委员会授予她终身职位。 
After three years on probation, the committee tenured her. 
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作为一个没有永久职位的助理教授,她在学院里表现很高调。 
Her profile in the college is unusually high for an untenured assistant professor. 
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incumbency: the holding of an office or the period during which one is held  - 
	
term: a fixed or limited period for which something, e.g., office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last  - 
	
stint: a person's fixed or allotted period of work  



                                
                                

