emeritus

名词 emeritus:

1. a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties

形容词 emeritus:

1. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive
   同义词：retired

1. Perhaps I can introduce Mr. Lake Kirby, an emeritus professor from Washington University.
   请允许我介绍华盛顿大学名誉教授莱克柯尔比先生。

e.mer.i.tus

adj.Abbr. emer.（形容词）缩写 emer.
Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement:
荣誉退休的：退休但仍荣誉保持有退休前所拥有的职位：
例句：
a professor emeritus.
一个荣誉退休教授

n.（名词）
【复数】 e.mer.i.ti[-to.]
One who is retired but retains an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.
荣誉退休者：退休但仍荣誉保持有退休前所拥有的职位的人

来源：
Latin ômeritus [past participle of] ômerôro [to earn by service]
拉丁语 ômeritus [] ômerôro的过去分词 [用服务来挣得]
ô-, ex- [from] * see ex-
ô-, ex- [从] *参见 ex-
merôro [to deserve, earn] * see (s)mer- 2
merôro [应得，挣得] *参见 (s)mer- 2