- 1aB2/rɪˈtaɪərd/ · /rɪˈtaɪəd/退休的
Having stopped working for good, usually because you have reached an older age.
示範例句 · Example
Mei's grandpa is a retired teacher who now spends his days painting.
逐字美的爺爺是一位退休的老師，現在他每天都在畫畫。
「retired」是形容詞，形容「已經退休、不再上班的人」，通常是因為年紀到了。動詞是 retire（退休這個動作），retired 是退休後的狀態。小心別跟 tired（累的）搞混，兩個字只差一個字母。
core核心畫面
One way to picture retired: the working years are behind you and you have out of the job for good — not between jobs, not on leave, but finished. It describes the state, so it sits with be: he is retired, while he retired names the moment he stopped.
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原始詞典資料5 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。
retiredadj/ɹɪˈtaɪəd/
- 1
Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
- I lead a retired lifestyle.
- 2
Of a place, far from civilization, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
- The little stone Saint occupied a retired niche in a side aisle of the old cathedral.
- 3
Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age. (of people)
- The retired workers are a major expense due to their pensions.
- Although he is now freed from responsibility for the '390s', they are still fixtures of everyday life for the retired Hertfordshire resident living alongside the WCML. "If you stand on the end of the Up Fast platform at Berkhamsted, watching it go round that corner - the sharpest curve it takes anywhere - you just think, 'wow!'
- 4
No longer in use or production.
- Following Jackie Robinson's success, his uniform number, 42, became a retired number across all major league teams.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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