
n.養(yǎng)老金;退休金;撫恤金;年金;(歐洲等地的)私人小旅店
v.發(fā)退休金
He's got nothing beyond his state pension. 除了國(guó)家發(fā)的養(yǎng)老金,他一無(wú)所有。
He went to the post office to draw his pension. 他到郵局去取退休金了。
concede one's attention
He had stayed at the pension for a fortnight. 他已在那個(gè)小旅館待了兩個(gè)星期。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)He was pensioned off and replaced with a younger man. 他被迫退休,由一年輕人接替其職務(wù)。
pension用作動(dòng)詞時(shí)的基本意思是“發(fā)給…退休金”。 其后常跟介詞off連用,表示“發(fā)養(yǎng)老金使…退休”“不再使用”,常用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。