意味一覧 (2件)
在職期間
解説 Definition
ある職務や地位にいた期間。通常、その期間が何年であったかを示します。
Tenure is the period during which someone holds a job, position, or office. It is often used in professional or academic contexts, especially for teachers or professors. In some cases, it can also mean the official right to keep a position permanently.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この tenure は「在職権」ではなく、ある人が職や役職についていた期間を表す用法です。`during her tenure`「彼女の在職期間中」、`his tenure as president`「彼の大統領在任期間」のように、during や as と一緒に出やすいです。`term` は制度上決まった任期を指しやすい一方、tenure は実際にその地位を保っていたあいだ、という書き言葉寄りの響きがあります。
Remember `tenure` as the time a person holds a position, not just a simple fixed term. It often appears in phrases like `during her tenure` or `his tenure as CEO`. In university contexts, it can also mean the special permanent status called `tenure`.
例文
His tenure as president lasted five years.
彼の大統領としての在職期間は5年間でした。
During her tenure, many improvements were made.
彼女の在職期間中に多くの改善が行われました。
The director's tenure ended last month.
その監督の在職期間は先月終わりました。
終身在職権
(意味 2)解説 Definition
主に大学などで、一定の審査を経た教員に与えられる、簡単には解雇されない地位を指す。研究や教育の自由を守る制度として語られることが多く、earn tenure や get tenure の形でよく使う。特に米国の大学文脈で頻出する。
Tenure is a status, especially at a university, that gives a teacher or professor strong job protection after a successful review. A person with tenure cannot usually be dismissed easily, so the system is often discussed as a way to protect academic freedom in teaching and research. It commonly appears in phrases like earn tenure, get tenure, or grant tenure, especially in American university contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tenure は「ある地位についていた期間」を言う名詞。`during her tenure` `his tenure as CEO` のように、役職名と一緒に覚えると使う場面が浮かびます。`term` も任期ですが、tenure は単なる区切られた年数より「その職を保っていたあいだ」の響きが強め。大学では `grant tenure` で終身在職権の意味にもなるので、会社の在任期間と大学の身分保障の2用法をセットで覚えると混同しにくいです。
Tenure can mean the period of time someone holds a position, as in during her tenure or his tenure as CEO, so it helps to learn it with a job title. Compared with term, tenure often sounds less like a fixed number of years and more like the time someone remained in that role. In university English, grant tenure means giving a professor strong job protection, so remember both the business sense and the academic sense together.
例文
After years of research and teaching, she finally earned tenure at the university.
長年の研究と教育の末、彼女はついに大学で終身在職権を得た。
Many young professors worry about whether they can get tenure before their contract ends.
多くの若手教授は、契約が終わる前に終身在職権を得られるか不安に思っている。
The debate over tenure often focuses on how to balance job security with institutional accountability.
終身在職権をめぐる議論では、身分保障と大学側の責任のバランスがよく問題になる。
tenure の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tenure はラテン語 tenere「保つ・握る」から古フランス語を経て入った語で、もとは「保持」が中心の意味でした。tenant や tenable と同根なので、職や土地を「持ち続けている状態」が在職期間や保有権を表すようになったと分かります。
Tenure comes through Old French from Latin tenere, meaning "to hold" or "to keep." At first, the main idea was simply possession or holding something. Over time, it came to mean the state or period of holding land, a position, or an office. Related English words include tenant and tenable.
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