pensions

grammar · medium

易错句子My grandfather pensioned last year after forty years at the mine.

正确表达My grandfather was pensioned last year after forty years at the mine.

pension 作动词是及物动词，后面必须接宾语，即被发给养老金的那个人。当这个人成为句子主语时，必须改用被动语态 was pensioned；写成 pensioned last year 时动词缺少宾语，句子不成立。

grammar · medium

易错句子The factory pensioned to the old workers.

正确表达The factory pensioned the old workers.

pension 是及物动词，宾语直接跟在后面，中间不加介词 to。中文“给……发养老金”里的“给”对应的是英语的及物结构，不能直译成 to。

grammar · medium

易错句子The firm made him pension last year.

正确表达The firm pensioned him last year.

中文使役句“让／使某人领养老金（退休）”不能直译成 make/let + pension，那样会变成“强迫他去给别人发养老金”。pension 本身及物，直接以受益人为宾语：pension someone。