（尤指大学教师或研究人员）获得终身教职/终身聘任的；通常意味着在满足特定条件下享有较强的工作保障。（也可引申指“有固定终身职位的”。）
/ˈtenjərd/
She became tenured after six years at the university.
她在大学工作六年后获得了终身教职。
Tenured professors often have greater academic freedom, but they also carry long-term responsibilities to their department and students.
获得终身教职的教授通常享有更大的学术自由，但也对院系和学生承担长期责任。
tenured 来自动词 tenure（任期、任职），其更早来源与拉丁语中表示“持有、占有”的词根有关。现代英语里在高校语境中，“tenure/tenured”逐渐固定指“终身教职制度”下的聘任状态。
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