pensioner
英['penʃ(ə)nə]
美['pɛnʃənɚ]
- n. 领养老金者；领取抚恤金者
词态变化
复数: pensioners;
助记提示
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.
英文词源
- pensioner (n.)
- late 15c., from Anglo-French pensionner, from Old French pensionnier (mid-14c.), from Medieval Latin pensionarius, from pension (see pension (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. Traffic police ticked off a pensioner for jumping a red light.
- 一个退休老人闯了红灯，被交警训了一顿。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The delighted pensioner walked off with a £2,000 prize.
- 那个退休老人轻松赢得了2,000英镑的奖金，高兴得不得了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was the pensioner's vote late in the day that influenced the election of Mr. Sweet.
- 最后是领取养老金者的选票影响了斯威特先生的当选.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He is already an old man and pensioner, but quite active.
- 他已经是个老年人,领养老金了, 但是精力相当充沛.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The tax threshold for a pensioner is $ 6,000.
- 领退休金的人的纳税起点是六千美元.
来自辞典例句