superannuated

[US]/ˌsuːpərˈænjueɪtɪd/
[UK]/ˌsuːpərˈænjueɪtɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 领取退休金而退休的,废弃的
Word Forms
过去分词superannuated

Example Sentences

a superannuated employee

领养老金退休的职员

she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday.

她不在可领养老退休金的计划中,也没有带薪假期。

Real-world Examples

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

没有什么比一个过时的教师更令人厌烦的了。

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

He could have spared a world of superannuated history, science, or politics, to have reversed better in waltzing.

他本可以避开一个陈旧的历史、科学或政治的世界,在华尔兹舞中逆转得更好。

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

The husband's business was that of a gunmaker in a thriving city northwards, and his soul was in that business always; the lady was best characterized by that superannuated phrase of elegance 'a votary of the muse'.

丈夫的生意是在北方一个繁华的城市里做枪匠,他的灵魂一直都在做这个生意;这位女士的最大特点是优雅的“缪斯的追随者”这个过时的短语。

Source: Wessex Novels (Volume 1)

When I have written a phrase which undoubtedly embodies a happy turn of thought, I find it dressed up in feeble commonplace; and when the style is good, it serves only to conceal the baldness of superannuated fancies.

当我写了一个无疑体现了一种愉快的思想转变的短语时,我发现它披上了无力的平庸;当风格很好时,它只会掩盖陈旧幻想的秃头。

Source: Three mysterious people

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