term of office

基本解释

This month, President Obama embarks on as tough a term of office as possibly any president before him, save perhaps FDR and Abraham Lincoln.
这个月，奥巴马即将开始他的总统任期，这可能将是除富兰克林·罗斯福（FDR）和亚伯拉罕·林肯之外的历届总统中最艰难的一届。
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, 独立董事应当定期换届, 每个独立董事的任期不能太长(最好在3-5年), 以保证他的独立性.
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.
他是律师，一个为女性勇敢争取权利的战士，也是一为单亲母亲，第二任期接近尾声，这样是她的最后任期，但是她似乎马上就会看到另一位女性总统的出现，“一个女总统是不够的”。

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.
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