[ADJ 形容词](与专业头衔连用)荣誉退休的Emeritus is used with a professional title to indicate that the person bearing it has retired but keeps the title as an honour.
[ADJ n]
...emeritus professor of physics...
荣誉退休的物理学教授
He will continue as chairman emeritus.
他将继续担任荣誉主席。
Oxford
emeri·tus/iˈmerɪtəs; NAmEiˈmerɪtəs/adjective(oftenEmeritus )used with a title to show that a person, usually a university teacher, keeps the title as an honour, although he or she has stopped working (常指大学教师)退休后保留头衔的,荣誉退休的◆the Emeritus Professor of Biology荣誉退休的生物学教授HELPIn NAmEthe form Emerita/iˈmerɪtə /is used for women. 在美式英语中 Emerita 用于女性◆Professor Emerita Mary Juddemeri·tus/iˈmerɪtəs; NAmEiˈmerɪtəs/
LDC
emerituse‧mer‧i‧tus /ɪˈmerɪtəs/ adjective
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emeritus professor/director etc or professor/director etc emeritus a professor, director etc who is no longer working but has kept his or her previous job title as an honour
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