n 抚恤金，养老金，退休金 (sum of money paid regularly to a widow， a soldier who has been seriously injured in a war， a person who has retired from work， etc) [C， U]： P～s are usually drawn at a post office. 养老金一般在邮局领取。My mother gets a widow's～. 我母亲领取丧偶抚恤金。a retirement～ 退休金;an old age/army～ 养老/退伍金;retire on a～领养老金退休;He is living on a～. 他靠养老金过活。In these days of inflation people on～find it difficult to live. 在如今通货膨胀的日子里，靠养老金过活的人发现很难活下去。personal～plans 个人养老金计划;〖同〗allowance;

→′pensionable adj 可领取养老(退休，抚恤)金的;

vt 付给某人养老(退休，抚恤)金 (grant or pay a pension to sb) [T+n]： He will not be～ed for another fifteen years. 再过15年他才能拿到养老金。〖同〗grant;

pension off (v adv) 1)发给退休金使退休 (vt， 通常pass)： He was～ed off at 65. 他65岁时领养老金退休。2)(由于磨损或太旧等)不再使用某物： This old washing machine/printing press should be～ed off; it keeps breaking down. 这台旧洗衣机/印刷机总是出毛病，该让它退休了。

→′pensioner n 养老(退休，抚恤)金领取者