retirement

英 [rɪˈtaɪəmənt]

美 [rɪˈtaɪərmənt]

n.  退休; 退职; 退休年龄; 退休生活; (尤指从体育、政治等方面的)退出，引退

复数：retirements　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2435 / COCA.2442

牛津词典

noun

• 退休；退职；退休年龄
  the fact of stopping work because you have reached a particular age; the time when you do this
  1. At 60, he was now approaching retirement.
     他60岁了，就要退休了。
  2. Susan is going to take early retirement (= retire before the usual age) .
     苏珊要提前退休。
  3. retirement age
     退休年龄
  4. a retirement pension
     退休金
• 退休生活
  the period of your life after you have stopped work at a particular age
  1. to provide for retirement
     为退休生活作准备
  2. We all wish you a long and happy retirement.
     我们大家祝愿你的退休生活长久而幸福。
  3. Up to a third of one's life is now being spent in retirement .
     现在人们一生中能有三分之一的时间过退休生活。
• （尤指从体育、政治等方面的）退出，引退，退职
  the act of stopping a particular type of work, especially in sport, politics, etc.
  1. He announced his retirement from football.
     他宣布退出足球运动。
  2. She came out of retirement to win two gold medals at the championships.
     她复出后在锦标赛上赢得了两枚金牌。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 退休;退休年龄
  Retirementis the time when a worker retires.
  1. ...the proportion of the population who are over retirement age...
     超过退休年龄的人口比例
  2. The Governor of the prison and another official are to take early retirement.
     这个监狱的监狱长和另外一个官员将会提前退休。
• N-UNCOUNT 退休期间;退休生活
  A person'sretirementis the period in their life after they have retired.
  1. ...financial support for the elderly during retirement.
     为退休期间的老年人提供的经济支持

英英释义

noun

• withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation
  1. the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity
  Synonym:retreat
• withdrawal from your position or occupation
• the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

双语例句

• She lives in retirement, neither making nor receiving visits.
  她过着隐退的生活，既不访客，也不见客。
• He put his retirement on hold until he had found a solution
  他推迟了退休，直到他找到了解决办法。
• The term 'early retirement' is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.
  现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。
• Mr chandler, a quantity surveyor, and his economist wife, took early retirement about three years ago.
  建筑估价师钱德勒先生和他的经济师妻子三年前提前退休。
• He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement
  他一生中最后的14年是在退休中度过的。
• When he went into retirement, he visibly withered
  他到退休年龄时已老态毕现。
• He was born in Hong Kong where he subsequently practised as a lawyer until his retirement
  他出生在香港，后来在那里从事律师工作，直到退休。
• The Governor of the prison and another official are to take early retirement.
  这个监狱的监狱长和另外一个官员将会提前退休。
• Two out of five thought the business would be sold privately on their retirement or death
  五个人之中有两个认为公司会在他们退休或去世时被私下卖掉。
• Premature retirement even with a golden handshake can well lead to extensive frustration and waste of scarce human resources.
  过早的退休即便有优厚的退休金也会导致挫伤和浪费人力。