n.养老金;退休金;抚恤金;年金;(欧洲等地的)私人小旅店
v.发退休金
He's got nothing beyond his state pension. 除了国家发的养老金,他一无所有。
He went to the post office to draw his pension. 他到邮局去取退休金了。
concede one's attention
He had stayed at the pension for a fortnight. 他已在那个小旅馆待了两个星期。
用作动词 (v.)He was pensioned off and replaced with a younger man. 他被迫退休,由一年轻人接替其职务。
pension用作动词时的基本意思是“发给…退休金”。 其后常跟介词off连用,表示“发养老金使…退休”“不再使用”,常用于被动结构。