pensioner
英 ['pen?(?)n?]
美 ['p?n??n?]
- n. 領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金者；領(lǐng)取撫恤金者
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(gè)退休老人闖了紅燈，被交警訓(xùn)了一頓。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The delighted pensioner walked off with a ￡2,000 prize.
- 那個(gè)退休老人輕松贏得了2,000英鎊的獎(jiǎng)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.
- 最后是領(lǐng)取養(yǎng)老金者的選票影響了斯威特先生的當(dāng)選.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. He is already an old man and pensioner, but quite active.
- 他已經(jīng)是個(gè)老年人,領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金了, 但是精力相當(dāng)充沛.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The tax threshold for a pensioner is $ 6,000.
- 領(lǐng)退休金的人的納稅起點(diǎn)是六千美元.
來自辭典例句