Word · Frequency #25334
emeritus
名誉退休的；退休后保留头衔的
核心释义
honorably retired from one's position and still retaining the title, as in 'professor emeritus'
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名誉退休的；退休后保留头衔的
n. a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties；s. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'
名誉退休的；退休后保留头衔的
用法In use
After forty years on the faculty, he was named professor emeritus at the university.
用法提示：此处 emeritus 为形容词，放在名词 professor 之后，表示退休后保留头衔。
The museum's director emeritus still attends every opening.
用法提示：此处 emeritus 为形容词，作后置定语修饰 director，表示退休后保留称号。
As a professor emeritus, he can use the library and keep his office.
用法提示：此处 emeritus 为形容词，用在名词 professor 后，表示退休后保留头衔的身份。
noun + emeritus
emeritus 作形容词时通常放在名词后，表示“退休后保留头衔的”。
She is a professor emeritus at Yale.
她是耶鲁大学的名誉退休教授。
emeriti + plural verb
emeriti 是 emeritus 的复数名词形式，作主语时谓语用复数。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- professor emeritus
- 荣休教授；名誉退休教授
- After retiring, Dr. Smith was named professor emeritus of physics.退休后，史密斯博士被授予物理学荣休教授的称号。
- president emeritus
- 荣休校长；名誉退休校长
- The university's president emeritus attended the alumni dinner.该大学的荣休校长出席了校友晚宴。
- chairman emeritus
- 荣休主席；名誉退休主席
- He now serves as chairman emeritus of the foundation.他现在担任该基金会的荣休主席。
- minister emeritus
- 荣休牧师；名誉退休牧师
- The minister emeritus still occasionally preaches at the church.这位荣休牧师偶尔仍在那座教堂讲道。
- emeritus status
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 merit（功绩）+ us：因为有功绩，退休后仍保留头衔，即 emeritus（名誉退休的）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic titles、university announcements、church records 这个词比较书面、正式，多用于学术或宗教机构，表示“荣誉退休的、退休后保留头衔的”，如 professor emeritus。日常口语中很少用，更常见的说法是 retired。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with emeritus (/ɪˈmɛrɪtəs/). Merit shares the stressed vowel /ɛ/ and the /rɪt/ sequence, but emeritus has an extra final /əs/ syllable. The -itous words (precipitous, solicitous, ubiquitous) look similar in spelling but have a different stressed vowel and a different consonant before /ɪtəs/. Spirit and citrus also differ in their stressed vowel and ending. Use them as spelling lookalikes, not pronunciation matches.
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