superannuated

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

Translation

adj. 領取退休金而退休的,廢棄的
Word Forms
過去分詞superannuated

Example Sentences

a superannuated employee

領養老金退休的職員

she is not superannuated and has no paid holiday.

她不在可領養老退休金的計劃中,也沒有帶薪假期。

Real-world Examples

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

沒有什麼比一個過時的教師更令人厭煩的了。

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.

他本可以避開一個陳舊的歷史、科學或政治的世界,在華爾茲舞中逆轉得更好。

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個繁華的城市裏做槍匠,他的靈魂一直都在做這個生意;這位女士的最大特點是優雅的“繆斯的追隨者”這個過時的短語。

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.

當我寫了一個無疑體現了一種愉快的思想轉變的短語時,我發現它披上了無力的平庸;當風格很好時,它只會掩蓋陳舊幻想的禿頭。

Source: Three mysterious people

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