n.[U]

1. （财产、职位等的）占有；占有权
2. 占有期；任期；占有条件
3. 【主美】（教授等的）终身职位
   A lecturer in the English Department has recently been refused tenure.

   英语系一名讲师最近未能获得终身职位。

n.

1. the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied.
2. the holding of an office.
   ▸the period of this.

v.