draw a pension
draw a pension 强调定期领取养老金，也可说 receive a pension。
After thirty years as a teacher, she draws a pension.
当了三十年教师后，她领取养老金。
膳宿公寓；小旅馆；代替什一税付给神职人员的款项；定期支付的年金,作为对退休员工、军人等过去服务的报酬,最初主要由政府支付,现也由各类私人养老金计划支付。；寄宿公寓或小型酒店,尤其在欧洲大陆,通常提供住宿和某些餐饮及服务。；定期支付给个人的、旨在使其无需工作即可维持生计的款项
A sum of money paid regularly to someone, especially after they retire, so they can live on.
定期支付的年金,作为对退休员工、军人等过去服务的报酬,最初主要由政府支付,现也由各类私人养老金计划支付。
An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
寄宿公寓或小型酒店,尤其在欧洲大陆,通常提供住宿和某些餐饮及服务。
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
定期支付给个人的、旨在使其无需工作即可维持生计的款项
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working
支付给神职人员以替代什一税的款项。
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
After thirty years of work, she finally started receiving her pension last month.
工作三十年后，她上个月终于开始领取养老金。
用法提示：pension 为名词，指退休后定期领取的养老金。
Many retired teachers rely on their pensions to pay for daily living expenses.
许多退休教师依靠养老金来支付日常开销。
用法提示：pensions 为名词的复数形式，指退休金。
He plans to use his pension to travel around the world.
他计划用退休金环游世界。
用法提示：pension 作名词，指退休金。
draw a pension 强调定期领取养老金，也可说 receive a pension。
After thirty years as a teacher, she draws a pension.
当了三十年教师后，她领取养老金。
live on a pension 表示仅靠养老金维持生活；pension 前常用 small、modest 等形容词。
They have to live on a small pension.
他们不得不靠微薄的养老金生活。
用 a pension of + 金额 说明养老金的具体数额。
She retired with a pension of £2,000 a month.
她退休后每月领取 2,000 英镑的养老金。
pension 作定语修饰名词，表示与养老金有关的，如 pension scheme、pension fund。
The company offers a good pension scheme.
这家公司提供不错的养老金计划。
grammar · medium
易错句子After retirement, he lives on pension.
正确表达After retirement, he lives on a pension.
pension 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词。汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉 a。表示靠养老金生活时，固定搭配是 live on a pension。
grammar · medium
易错句子She receives a pension by the government.
正确表达She receives a pension from the government.
表示养老金的来源时，英语用介词 from，而不是 by。by 通常表示动作的执行者；pension 是名词，不是动作，所以要用 from。汉语“由政府发放”可能诱导误用 by。
grammar · medium
易错句子He lives on his retire pension.
正确表达He lives on his retirement pension.
retire 是动词，不能直接修饰名词。汉语“退休金”用动词“退休”作定语，英语需要改用名词 retirement 或直接用 pension。
国家养老金；政府发放的养老金
She started receiving her state pension at sixty-six.
她六十六岁开始领取国家养老金。
职业养老金；企业年金
Many nurses have an occupational pension on top of the state one.
许多护士除了国家养老金外还有职业养老金。
养老金计划
The company offers a generous pension scheme to all its staff.
公司为全体员工提供优厚的养老金计划。
养老基金
The pension fund lost a lot of value last year.
养老基金去年大幅贬值。
领取养老金
He began to draw his pension at sixty-five.
他六十五岁开始领取养老金。
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靠养老金生活
After retiring, they had to live on a small pension.
退休后，他们只能靠微薄的养老金生活。