superannuated
英 [suːpə'rænjʊeɪtɪd; 'sjuː-]
- adj. 過時的；退休的；老朽的
- v. 退休；變陳舊（superannuate的過去分詞）
中文詞源
superannuated 年老不能工作的，過時的super-,超過，-ann,年，詞源同 annual.比喻用法，超過年齡的。
英文詞源
- superannuated (adj.)
- 1630s, "obsolete, out of date;" 1740, "retired on account of old age," from Modern Latin superannuatus, alteration (perhaps by influence of annual) of Medieval Latin superannatus (which meant "more than a year old" and was used of cattle), from Latin super "beyond, over" (see super-) + annus "year" (see annual (adj.)). Earlier in same sense was superannate (c. 1600), from Medieval Latin superannatus. Compare French suranner.
雙語例句
- 1. Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
- 老朽無能的學究最令人討厭不過。
來自辭典例句
- 2. Are you still riding that superannuated old bike?
- 你還騎那輛老掉牙的自行車 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句