单词 | unretirement |
释义 | unretirementn. Originally and chiefly U.S. The action or fact of returning to work after having retired; an instance of this. Also: a period of time during which a person has returned to work after having retired.Frequently with reference to a sportsperson; cf. unretire v. ΚΠ 1948 Chester (Pa.) Times 20 Oct. 21/2 (headline) Joe's ‘unretirement’ predicted... Joe Louis' announcement yesterday that he'd fight again should come as no surprise. 1983 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 June 46/1 ‘Unretirement’ is what Dave Davenport's been up to... ‘Retirement was boring, so am back in banking.’ 1999 M. W. Riley et al. in V. L. Bengston & K. W. Schaie Handbk. Theories Aging xviii. 338 More firms are integrating the workforce through ‘unretirement’, or rehiring retired employees as consultants. 2003 USA Today (Nexis) 1 May 10 c Racing..has always been dangerous—a fact most recently driven home during the recent, brief unretirement of racing icon Mario Andretti. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1948 |
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