Picture money being measured out and handed over at set times — a steady payment counted out to someone, one installment after another, month after month.
From the word’s history
From Latin 'pensio' (a payment, an installment), from 'pendere' 'to weigh, to pay out' — in old times money was literally weighed on a scale. So a pension is money 'weighed out' to you at fixed times.
源自拉丁文 pensio（一筆給付、一期款項），來自動詞 pendere「秤重、付出」——古時付錢是把金屬秤出重量。所以 pension 的底色就是「按期秤量、發放出去的錢」。
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原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pensionnoun詞源 1/ˈpɛnʃən/
- 1
businessfinanceAn annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes.
- Many old people depend on their pension to pay the bills.
- 2
obsoleteA wage or fee.
- 3
obsoleteA charge or expense of some kind; a tax.
- 4
A sum paid to a clergyman in place of tithes.
- 5
historicalA regular allowance paid to support a royal favourite, or as patronage of an artist or scholar.
pensionverb詞源 1/ˈpɛnʃən/
- 1
To grant a pension to.
- 2
To force (someone) to retire on a pension.
pensionnoun詞源 2/pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃/
- 1
A boarding house or small hotel, especially in continental Europe, which typically offers lodging and certain meals and services.
- A pension had somewhat less to offer than a hotel; it was always smaller, and never elegant; it sometimes offered breakfast, and sometimes not
- 2
obsoleteA boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。