1590s, "act of retreating," also "act of withdrawing into seclusion," from Middle French retirement (1570s); see retire + -ment. Meaning "privacy" is from c. 1600; that of "withdrawal from occupation or business" is from 1640s.
双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
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3. The New York Times has this very laudatory article about your retirement.
《纽约时报》发文谈及你的隐退，文中对你大加赞扬。
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4. The basic retirement pension will go up by £7.95 a week.
基本退休金每周将增加7.95英镑。
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5. More than 4,000 teachers were induced to take early retirement.
