mid-14c., "payment for services," especially "reward, payment out of a benefice" (early 14c., in Anglo-Latin), from Old French pension "payment, rent" (13c.) and directly from Latin pensionem (nominative pensio) "a payment, installment, rent," from past participle stem of pendere "pay, weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "regular payment in consideration of past service" first recorded 1520s. Meaning "boarding house, boarding school" first attested 1640s, from French, and usually in reference to places in France or elsewhere on the Continent.
pension (v.)
1640s, "to live in a pension," from pension (n.) or else from French pensionner. Meaning "to grant a pension" is from 1702. Related: Pensioned; pensioning.
中文解释
1. pens- "pay" + -ion.2. => "payment for services," especially "reward, payment out of a benefice".3. => regular payment in consideration of past service.4. => boarding house, boarding school.
实用例句
1. He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.
他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He is moving ever closer to drawing his pension.
他就要领取养老金了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The main beneficiaries of pension equality so far have been men.
迄今为止，男性一直是退休金均等政策的主要受益者。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Employees can contract out of their employer's occupational pension scheme.
雇员可以退出雇主的职业养老金计划。
来自柯林斯例句
5. One of the most important changes concerns the investment of pension contributions.
