tenured

s. appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime

终身的；长期保有的

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使用频率

tenured 的词根是 ten，意为“持有、拥有”，后缀 -ed 表示“具有某种状态或特征”，合起来可以理解为“拥有某种职位或状态”。

例句

1. She was awarded a tenured position at the university after many years of hard work.

她在经过多年的努力后获得了大学的终身教职。

2. Tenured professors often have more job security than non-tenured ones.

拥有终身职位的教授通常比没有终身职位的教授更有工作保障。

3. He felt relieved when he finally received his tenured status after the evaluation.

在经过评估后，他终于获得了终身职位，感到松了一口气。