retirement

【发音】

美 /rɪ'taɪɚmənt/ 英 /rɪˈtaɪəmənt/

【翻译】

1. n.退休

   英释:when you stop working, usually because of your age

【短语】

1. retirement age : 退休年龄

2. early retirement : 提前退休；内退

3. retirement plan : 退休计划；养老金计划

4. retirement system : 退休制度

5. retirement community : 退休社区（退休人员、老年人居住）

6. retirement pension : 退休金，养老金

7. retirement home : 养老院；老人院

8. retirement income : 退休收入

9. retirement fund : 退休基金；资产换置基金

10. individual retirement account : 个人退休金帐户

11. retirement pay : 退休金

【例句】

1. She took early retirement (= retired at an earlier age than usual ) last year.

   她去年提前退休了。

2. Dad’s approaching retirement age .

   爸爸快到退休年龄了。

【真题例句】

1. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Their retirement savings and home values fell sharply at the worst possible time: just before they needed to cash out...

2. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Those who lose their jobs shortly before retirement age live a shorter-than-average life...

3. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...People who take benefits from Social Security before official retirement age will get much less for the rest of their lives...

4. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Unlike many Americans compelled into early retirement by company restrictions...

5. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...What Leeson terms "the Warren Buffett effect" is becoming more broadly appealing as individuals come to view retirement as not simply being linked to economic productivity but also about contribution...

6. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake...

7. (2008.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Why does the company adopt the phased retirement scheme...

【同、近义词】

1. n.[劳经]退休，[军]退役

   superannuation/

【同根词】

1. adj

   retired : 退休的；退役的；幽闭的

   retiring : 退休的；不善社交的；过隐居生活的

2. n

   retire : 退休；退隐；退兵信号

   retiree : （美）退休人员；歇业者

3. v

   retired : 退休（retire的过去分词）

   retiring : 退休（retire的ing形式）

4. vi

   retire : 退休；撤退；退却

5. vt

   retire : 退休；离开；收回