tenure

在任期間、任期

ある仕事や公的な役職に就いている期間。

やさしい英語で： The period during which someone holds a job or official position.

• His tenure ended in June.
• During her tenure as director, sales doubled.
• The mayor’s second tenure in office was shorter than his first.

使い方： tenure as something (Her tenure as mayor lasted eight years.); during someone’s tenure (The company grew during his tenure.)

類義語： term, term of office

よく使う表現： during someone’s tenure, tenure as something, tenure in office

終身在職権、テニュア

大学教員が例外的な場合を除いて、職を恒久的に保つ権利。

やさしい英語で： The right of a university teacher to keep their job permanently, except in unusual circumstances.

• She finally got tenure.
• The university awarded tenure to three professors.
• He applied for tenure after six years of teaching.

類義語： permanent appointment

よく使う表現： get tenure, grant tenure, academic tenure

封建的土地保有権

君主や領主が支配する制度のもとで、土地を保有する権利。

やさしい英語で： The right to hold land under a system in which a ruler or lord controls it.

• The land was held by feudal tenure.
• Military service was a condition of his tenure.
• The document described the family’s tenure of the estate.

よく使う表現： feudal tenure, land tenure, tenure of land

終身在職権を与える

大学教員に、職を恒久的に保つ権利を与える。

やさしい英語で： To give a university teacher the right to keep their job permanently.

• The university decided to tenure her.
• They tenured two professors last year.
• The department rarely tenures staff so early in their careers.

よく使う表現： tenure a professor, tenure someone