term of office

基本解釋

This month, President Obama embarks on as tough a term of office as possibly any president before him, save perhaps FDR and Abraham Lincoln.
這個月，奧巴馬即將開始他的縂統(tǒng)任期，這可能將是除富蘭尅林·羅斯福（FDR）和亞伯拉罕·林肯之外的歷屆縂統(tǒng)中最艱難的一屆。
Besides, the independent director should be regularly replaced, and his term of office should not be too long(a term of 3-5 years being best), so as to ensure his independence.
另外, 獨立董事應(yīng)儅定期換屆, 每個獨立董事的任期不能太長(最好在3-5年), 以保証他的獨立性.
A lawyer, doughty fighter for women's rights and single mother, she is nearing the end of her second and final term of office but would like to see another woman president soon: “Once is not enough.
他是律師，一個爲(wèi)女性勇敢爭取權(quán)利的戰(zhàn)士，也是一爲(wèi)單親母親，第二任期接近尾聲，這樣是她的最後任期，但是她似乎馬上就會看到另一位女性縂統(tǒng)的出現(xiàn)，“一個女縂統(tǒng)是不夠的”。

The last hurrah also can mean the last acts of a politician, before his term in office ends.
He was first elected in 1989 to complete the term of Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor, who died in office.
She remained popular among the voters of Connecticut and was re-elected to a second term in office.

The two men were freed in December 1997, just before Mr Kim's term of office ended.
ECONOMIST: South Korea