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.
雙語例句
1. He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement.
他一生中最后的14年是在退休中度過的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.
現在“提前退休”幾乎就是裁員的委婉說法。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The New York Times has this very laudatory article about your retirement.
《紐約時報》發文談及你的隱退，文中對你大加贊揚。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The basic retirement pension will go up by ￡7.95 a week.
基本退休金每周將增加7.95英鎊。
來自柯林斯例句
5. More than 4,000 teachers were induced to take early retirement.