Tenure

(noun.) the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands.

(noun.) the term during which some position is held.

(verb.) give life-time employment to; 'She was tenured after she published her book'.

录入:赖安

• Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Lands held by a noble tenure, at thirty-eight and one-third per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There are many celebrated characters, literary, philosophical, and otherwise, who hold a high reputation on a similar tenure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Lands held by a base tenure, at thirty-five and one-third per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In Silesia, lands held by a noble tenure are taxed three per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Hence Sir Leicester yields up his family legs to the family disorder as if he held his name and fortune on that feudal tenure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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