tenure for life

常见例句

In 1987, before the Party's Thirteenth National Congress was held, to set an example for abolishing the system of life tenure in leading posts, I expressed my wish to retire.
一九八七年，在党的第十三次全国代表大会召开以前，为了身体力行地废除干部领导职务终身制，我提出了退休的愿望。
Tenure for life in leading posts is linked both to feudal influences and to the continued absence of proper regulations in the Party for the retirement and dismissal of cadres.
干部领导职务终身制现象的形成，同封建主义的影响有一定关系，同我们党一直没有妥善的退休解职办法也有关系。
But even during this transitional stage we must endeavour to reduce the average age of cadres and to create conditions for abolishing life tenure and setting up a retirement system.
但是在这个过渡阶段，必须认真使干部队伍年轻化，为退休制度的建立和领导职务终身制的废除创造条件。

Tenure virtually guarantees employment for life at these institutions regardless of productivity of professors.
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