Word · Frequency #1490
pension
/ˈpenʃən/
verb
发给某人养老金；给予…养老金
to give someone a pension
- 1.
To grant a pension to.
授予养老金。
- 2.
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
迫使(某人)靠养老金退休。
- 3.
grant a pension to
发给养老金
迫使…退休并发放养老金；让…靠养老金退休；授予养老金。；迫使(某人)靠养老金退休。；发给养老金；发给退休金
In use
The company decided to pension him off after he turned 60.
He was pensioned off after thirty years of service.
The board pensioned off the entire sales team during the restructuring.
Verb forms
base pension · third person pensions · -ing pensioning · past pensioned · past participle pensioned
动词用法：给某人发放养老金；常与off连用，表示（因年老等）使退休并发放养老金。
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Confusing words
Word family
- pensions
- plural, third person singular
- pensioned
- past, past participle
- pensioning
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
作动词时，宾语通常是人（被发放养老金或被迫退休的人），而不是养老金本身。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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