pension

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɛnʃn̩/    美 /ˈpɛnʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
    — Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
  2. A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
    — A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not
  3. A wage or fee. obsolete
  4. A boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. obsolete
  5. A charge or expense of some kind; a tax. obsolete
  6. A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
  7. A regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar. historical
动词 v.
  1. To grant a pension to. transitive
  2. To force (someone) to retire on a pension. transitive

词形变化

pensions plural pensions present,singular,third-person pensioning participle,present pensioned participle,past pensioned past pensions plural

词汇关系

近义词
rent hotel hostel bed and breakfast lodging place
下位词
bed and breakfast half-pension full-pension
衍生词
full pension old age pension outpension pensionary pension book pensionee pensioneering pensioner pension fund pension house pensionless pension plan preserved pension top-hat pension pensionable
并列词
inn motel hotel board half-board full-board

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.
词源 2
From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.
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