| 单词 | to pension off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pension off 2. transitive. to pension off: to dismiss with a pension; to retire (an employee) with a pension. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > retire (a person) > with pension superannuate1692 to pension off1756 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 9 It was..proclaimed aloud in our streets..that Mr. Burke had been pensioned off. 1820 Times 12 Jan. 2/3 Two deputy and five assistant storekeepers have been pensioned off. 1848 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 8 Mar. (1954) I. 254 Certainly our decayed monarchs should be pensioned off. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 142 You have taken it into your head that I mean to pension you off. 1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Pref. p. lxvi Poor people are cancers in the commonwealth, costing far more than if they were handsomely pensioned off as incurables. 1968 Listener 5 Sept. 290 The convention system..is an old and cunning harridan, as irrelevant as Mayor Daley, and should be pensioned off. 1996 Daily Tel. 2 Jan. 7/5 The last canaries to risk death in Britain's coalmines were finally pensioned off yesterday. < as lemmas |
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