You do not necessarily have to hold a degree but the post held would normally require one.

你不必已经拿到学位，但是保持的一个将通常被要求。

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He has held the post for three years.

他担任这个职务已经三年了。

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She never held an academic post, but lectured widely, wrote a dozen books and produced three of the county surveys of place names.

她从未在任何学术机构任过职，却四处演讲，写了十来本书，并且编写了《各郡地名概览》系列丛书中的三本。

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Among them was Retired Air Force General Michael Hayden, who held the post from 2006 until early this year.

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In its place, a republic was re-established where Machiavelli occupied the office of secretary to the second chancery, a kind of diplomatic post which he held for 14 years from 1498 to 1512.

取而代之的是一个共和的重新建立,其中马奇亚维利,占据国务院及副总理职，一种类似外交官的职位,他在职，14，年，从，1498，年到，1512，年。

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The system provides direct elections for village representatives, who come together with neighbouring villages to discuss issues, and vote for the district nazim, the post held in Attock by Maj Tahir.

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He rose to the position of executive director of client-relations, a post he held until 1997.

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They instead expect Mr Putin to stand again in the post he held until 2008.

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