Definition
历任 is a verb phrase meaning 'to have held a series of positions successively' — you use it when listing the official posts someone has filled over their career, often with an emphasis on the sequence. It is also commonly used as a noun-like modifier (like 'all previous X'), though that usage is more of a nominal extension; in strict verb-phrase use, 历任 takes a series of roles as its object. For example: 他历任校长和院长 ('He has served successively as both president and dean').
v.p.
(verb phrase) to have served successively as (a series of posts)
Examples
- 历任。Tā lì rèn guò duō gè zhòngyào de guójiā zhíwù.He has held several important national posts successively.
- 历任、。Tā lì rèn mìshū, zhǔrèn hé fù zǒngjīnglǐ.She has served successively as secretary, director, and deputy general manager.
- 历任。Zhè suǒ dàxué lì rèn xiàozhǎng dōu fēicháng jiéchū.All previous presidents of this university have been exceptionally outstanding.
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