
adj.半退休的
"I am sort of semiretired," he said."I keep thinking I'm going to write a brilliant script. 他認(rèn)為演電影是一種“令人痛苦的經(jīng)歷”,“既耗費(fèi)時間又無聊,而且很難表演得恰如其分。
Of course, it's not possible for the federal government to guarantee each family a wonderful, healthy, semiretired mother-in-law who happens to live close by. 當(dāng)然,要聯(lián)邦政府來保證每個家庭都有一個極好的、健康的、半退休狀態(tài)的岳母,而且正好住在附近,是不太可能了。
The semiretired chairman of the board of the brokerage firm was a longtime trader with nearly 40 years of experience in the grain pits at the Chicago Board of Trade. 這家經(jīng)紀(jì)公司的主席快退休了,他在芝加哥交易所交易了接近40年的谷物。
The Dalai Lama, who has described himself as semiretired, has said he's agreeable to surrendering his position as head of state if Tibetans-in-exile choose to elect their top government leaders. 達(dá)賴?yán)锓Q自己已經(jīng)半退休,他說已經(jīng)打算在西藏流亡政府選擇選舉他們的最高政府領(lǐng)袖時放棄他作為國家元首的職位。