17日，北京外国语大学通过官方微博发布公开声明，称“何炅经过慎重考虑，主动提出辞职，学校决定尊重何炅的选择”，并介绍了主持人何炅在北外的任职情况，正式对外回应了何炅吃空饷一事。随后，何炅转发声明表示从2007年后就没有拿过学校一分钱，更没有以学校名义在为谋取私利，并称“不在编也会为母校继续尽心尽责，我永远是北外人!”

　　何炅吃空饷最早是由北京外国语大学副教授乔木在其个人微博上披露的。据《新京报》报道，5月13日晚，举报人北外教职工乔木在其实名认证的微博上称，何炅编制在北外，但已经“好多年没来上过班”，却依然领取工资。5月14日上午，北外阿拉伯语系主任薛庆国表示，学校发展需要各方面人才，目前何炅依然在发挥他的特长为学校工作。

　　何炅于5月15日作出回应，称自己“1997年毕业，留校任职到今天，学校前后安排的不同岗位的工作都努力做好。从18岁入学成为北外人，这么多年的感情和责任，初心不曾改变，只要我的存在能为北外增添一点光彩，为学生奉献一点力量，我都愿意，从来都是!抱歉让大家费心了，谢谢大家。”

　　而随着何炅的辞职，持续多日的“吃空饷”事件也终于落幕。

　　A teacher and famous TV host has resigned from the university he works for following freeloadingallegations.

　　He Jiong, a teacher with Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) and a renowned entertainmentshow host, got entangled in a storm of controversy after Qiao Mu, one of his BFSU colleagues,accused him of abusing public resources without working for the university.

　　According to Qiao, the star host receives salaries from the university despite years of absence fromBFSU as he is too busy in the entertainment circle. Qiao urged He to resign from BFSU.

　　On Sunday, BFSU issued a statement refuting the freeloading rumor amid massive media attention.The statement said He was mainly assigned with campus image publicity and other tasks since a2007 staff reshuffle, and that He had returned all his salaries during the 2007-2015 period.

　　The statement said He has voluntarily resigned after serious consideration, and that the universitywelcomes media and public supervision.

　　He confirmed his resignation on microblog Sina Weibo, saying that even if he is no longer amongthe staff, he will continue to put his heart and soul into the campus and always be a member ofBFSU.

　　【马上学】

　　所谓“吃空饷”指不上班而依然领取工资，英文中动词可用freeload.

　　“吃空饷者”则可说freeloaders, 或是phantom employees. Phantom本指“幽灵”，这里表示“不存在的”。

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