pensioner
英 ['penʃ(ə)nə]
美 ['pɛnʃənɚ]
助記提示
1. pens- "pay" + -ion.
2. => "payment for services," especially "reward, payment out of a benefice".
3. => regular payment in consideration of past service.
4. => boarding house, boarding school.
5. pension + -er => pensioner.
英文詞源
- pensioner (n.)
- late 15c., from Anglo-French pensionner, from Old French pensionnier (mid-14c.), from Medieval Latin pensionarius, from pension (see pension (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Traffic police ticked off a pensioner for jumping a red light.
- 一個退休老人闖了紅燈，被交警訓了一頓。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The delighted pensioner walked off with a £2,000 prize.
- 那個退休老人輕鬆贏得了2,000英鎊的獎金，高興得不得了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was the pensioner's vote late in the day that influenced the election of Mr. Sweet.
- 最後是領取養老金者的選票影響了斯威特先生的當選.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He is already an old man and pensioner, but quite active.
- 他已經是個老年人,領養老金了, 但是精力相當充沛.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The tax threshold for a pensioner is $ 6,000.
- 領退休金的人的納稅起點是六千美元.
來自辭典例句