[N-COUNT 可数名词]养老金；退休金；抚恤金 Someone who has a pension receives a regular sum of money from the state or from a former employer because they have retired or because they are widowed or disabled.
...struggling by on a pension.
靠养老金苦苦支撑
...a company pension scheme.
公司养老金计划
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pen·sion1★/ˈpenʃn; NAmEˈpenʃn/
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2pensionpensionspensionedpensioningnoun★an amount of money paid regularly by a government or company to sb who is considered to be too old or too ill/sick to work 养老金；退休金；抚恤金◆to receive an old-age/a retirement pension领养老金╱退休金◆a disability/widow's pension残疾╱遗孀抚恤金◆a state pension国家抚恤金◆to live on a pension靠退休金生活◆to take out a personal/private pension获得个人╱私人抚恤金◆a pension fund退休金基金☞collocationsat
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verbPHRASAL VERBˌpension sb ˈoff( especially BrE) [usually passive ]to allow or force sb to retire and to pay them a pension 准许某人退休，强迫某人退休（并发给养老金）◆He was pensioned off and his job given to a younger man.他被迫退休，工作交给了一个比他年轻的人。◆( informal,figurative) That car of yours should have been pensioned off years ago.你那辆汽车早就该报废了。pen·sion/ˈpenʃn; NAmEˈpenʃn/pen·sion2/ˈpɒ̃sjɒ̃; NAmEpɑːnsiˈoʊn/noun( from French) a small, usually cheap, hotel in some European countries, especially France （欧洲，尤指法国的）廉价小旅店☞see also
an amount of money paid regularly by the government or company to someone who does not work anymore, for example because they have reached the age when people stop working or because they are ill: At what age can you start drawing your pension? If you are self-employed, you should think about taking out a private pension. Many people find it hard to live on a basic state pension. She pays a quarter of her salary into a pension plan.COLLOCATIONSverbsget/receive a pension· They receive the basic state pension.draw your pension (=receive it)· He's got another ten years before he draws his pension.collect your pension (=receive it or go to get it)· She went to the post office every week to collect her pension.pay into a pension (=pay money regularly so that you will have a pension later)· They have been unable to pay into a pension.take out a pension (=make arrangements to have a pension later)· People were encouraged to take out private pensions.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + pensionan old age pension· State old age pensions were introduced in 1908.a retirement pension· Many workers lost their retirement pensions when the fund collapsed.a state pension British English, a public pension American English (=one that the government pays)· They argued that the state pension should rise in line with average earnings.a company/occupational pension (=one that your employer pays)· I've been paying into the company pension scheme for 20 years.a private/personal pension (=one that you arrange with a private pension company)· The percentage of the workforce with a private pension has declined.pension + NOUNpension contributions (=money that you pay into a pension)· You can make additional pension contributions.pension provision (=when you pay money regularly so that you will have a pension later)· They can't afford to make adequate pension provision for themselves.pension age (=the age when you can get a pension)· Most men stayed in their jobs until pension age.
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pension off1to make someone leave their job when they are old or ill, and pay them a pension: Not everyone wants to be pensioned off at 65.2informal to get rid of something because it is old or not useful anymore: Many of the old ships have been pensioned off.