Pensioner
['penʃ(ə)nə] or ['pɛnʃənɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
(n.) One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
(n.) In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.
手打:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- Mortimer, the gardener, who wheels the Bath chair, is an army pensioner--an old Crimean man of excellent character. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It is not that I have seen my good Amy attentive, and--ha--condescending to my old pensioner--it is not _that_ that hurts me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- What a dear old pensioner you are! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When he mentioned him, he spoke of him casually as his old pensioner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I am not in a position to express my feeling toward Mr. Casaubon: it would be at best a pensioner's eulogy. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You are a charming old pensioner,' said Bella, 'and I am so happy that I wish I could make you happy, too. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Even the poor deer, our antlered proteges, were obliged to fall for the sake of worthier pensioners. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The old grey managers, the old grey clerks, the doddering old pensioners, he looked at them, and removed them as so much lumber. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The Elector Adolphus of Nassau invited him to enter his service as one of his gentlemen pensioners, and paid him a generous salary. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
編輯:莎蒂