Tenure
['tenjə] or ['tɛnjɚ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:赖安--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
(n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
(n.) The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.
(n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.
校對:鲁本
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. (Law.) Manner or principle of holding (lands and tenements).[2]. Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (for the time).
克林特手打
解釋/意思:
n. a general name for the conditions on which land is held by the persons who occupy and use it.
手打:玛丽安
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Lands held by a noble tenure, at thirty-eight and one-third per cent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- There are many celebrated characters, literary, philosophical, and otherwise, who hold a high reputation on a similar tenure. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Lands held by a base tenure, at thirty-five and one-third per cent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In Silesia, lands held by a noble tenure are taxed three per cent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Hence Sir Leicester yields up his family legs to the family disorder as if he held his name and fortune on that feudal tenure. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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