pension
noun
verb
noun
ˈpenʃən
noun
1
an
amount
of
money
paid
regularly
by
the
government
or
company
to
someone
who
does
not
work
any
more,
for
example
because
they
have
reached
the
age
when
people
stop
working
or
because
they
are
ill
养老金; 退休金
verb
2
to
make
someone
leave
their
job
when
they
are
old
or
ill,
and
pay
them
a
pension
〔由于年老或疾病而〕使〔某人〕退休并发放养老金
Not
everyone
wants
to
be
pensioned
off
at
65.
并非每个人都希望在 65 岁就退休领取养老金。
3
to
get
rid
of
something
because
it
is
old
or
not
useful
any
more
[非正式] 〔因陈旧或不再有用而〕丢弃〔某物〕
informal
Many
of
the
old
ships
have
been
pensioned
off
许多旧船已被废弃了。
ˈpɒnsiɒn
noun
4
a
small
cheap
hotel
in
France
and
some
other
European
countries
〔法国或其他一些欧洲国家中的〕廉价小旅店