单词 | en retraite |
释义 | en retraiteadv. (a) Retired from service or employment; in retirement, on half pay; (b) in seclusion. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adverb] in privity?c1225 in private1469 on private1582 monkishly1595 retiredly1599 recluse1612 reclusely1748 in seclusion1785 secludedly1837 en retraite1840 reclusively1845 upon the snug1861 to lie up1881 1840 L. S. Costello Summer amongst Bocages & Vines I. v. 93 At certain periods of the year the sudden announcement from your servant maids that they are en retraite for a week. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis i Specimens of the costume of a military man en retraite. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 57 I receive as a reward for my services..a post, with which I am well satisfied. I live in it for years. I use all my energies in it, and for me there is no future except en retraite. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum x. 90 Julius is strictly en retraite, I should say. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive v. 102 Pombal is doing all this legitimately. He is on local leave. I am en retraite. 2007 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Review section) 22 Conan Doyle was staying at the Ashdown Forest Hotel in Sussex. Officially, he was en retraite with his mother. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1840 |
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