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Word of the Day：June 23, 2021

emeritus

退休的,名誉退休的，退休后保留头衔的

adjective ih-MEH-ruh-tus

Definition

1：holding after retirement an honorary title corresponding to that held last during active service

在退休后持有的同现役期间持有的相应的荣誉称号

2：retired from an office or position

从职位上退休的

Examples

Following her retirement after 35 years of teaching, Dr. Stevens will remain affiliated with the university as a professor emeritus.

在她执教35年后退休后，史蒂文斯博士仍作为该大学的名誉教授。

"She started her career in 1980 at Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, and retired as CEO Emeritus in 2018…."— Melissa Frick, MLive.com (Michigan), 18 May 2021

“她于1980年在Greater Detroit Goodwill Industries开始她的职业生涯，并于2018年以名誉首席执行官的身份退休……

Did You Know?

In Latin, emeritus was used to describe soldiers who had completed their duty. It is the past participle of the verb emereri, meaning "to serve out one's term," from the prefix e-, meaning "out," and merēre, "to earn, deserve, or serve." (Merēre is also the source of our word merit.) English speakers claimed emeritus as their own in the late 17th century, applying it as both a noun and an adjective referring or relating not to soldiers but to someone who is retired from professional life but permitted to keep as an honorary title the rank of the last office they held. The adjective is frequently used postpositively—that is, after the noun it modifies rather than before it—and it is most commonly used to describe specifically those retired from a professorship.

在拉丁语中，emeritus 用于描述完成任务的士兵。 它是动词 emereri 的过去分词，意思是“to serve out one's term「服务于一个人的任期」”，来自前缀 e-，意思是“out「出去」”，和 merēre，“to earn「赚取」、deserve「应得」或serve「服务」”。 （Merēre 也是我们这个词的来源。）在 17 世纪后期，English speakers 称 emeritus 是他们自己的，将其用作名词和形容词，而不是指代或涉及士兵，而是指从职业生涯中退休，但保留他们最后担任的职位作为荣誉。 形容词经常在后置词中使用——也就是说，在它修饰的名词之后，而不是在名词之前——它最常用于具体描述那些从教授职位退休的人。

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