| 单词 | to pension off | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pension off  2.  transitive.  to pension off: to dismiss with a pension; to retire (an employee) with a pension. Also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > retire (a person) > with pension superannuate1692 to pension off1756 1756    E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 9  				It was..proclaimed aloud in our streets..that Mr. Burke had been pensioned off. 1820    Times 12 Jan. 2/3  				Two deputy and five assistant storekeepers have been pensioned off. 1848    ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 8 Mar. 		(1954)	 I. 254  				Certainly our decayed monarchs should be pensioned off. 1864    C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend 		(1865)	 I.  i. xv. 142  				You have taken it into your head that I mean to pension you off. 1916    G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Pref. p. lxvi  				Poor people are cancers in the commonwealth, costing far more than if they were handsomely pensioned off as incurables. 1968    Listener 5 Sept. 290  				The convention system..is an old and cunning harridan, as irrelevant as Mayor Daley, and should be pensioned off. 1996    Daily Tel. 2 Jan. 7/5  				The last canaries to risk death in Britain's coalmines were finally pensioned off yesterday. < as lemmas  | 
	
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