- 1老舊過時、不堪使用的；（英、澳，正式）已達退休年齡而領退休金的
Superannuated describes something — or someone — that is old and past its useful life. A superannuated computer still switches on but cannot run anything you need; a superannuated law is still written down but no longer fits how people live; superannuated equipment is waiting to be thrown away.
Superannuated describes something — or someonesuperannuated形容的是某個東西，或某個人——that is old and past its useful life已經老舊、過了它有用的時期。A superannuated computer still switches on but cannot run anything you need一台superannuated的電腦還開得了機，但什麼你需要的東西都跑不動；a superannuated law is still written down but no longer fits how people live一條superannuated的法律還寫在紙上，但已經不符合大家的生活方式；superannuated equipment is waiting to be thrown awaysuperannuated的設備則是在等著被丟掉。
Applied to a person, it means too old to go on doing the job, and it is usually said with a smile or a sting, not as a neutral fact: an old teacher joking that he is superannuated, or a writer being about a superannuated politician. Be careful with people — it can sound rude.
Applied to a person用在人身上的時候，it means too old to go on doing the job意思是太老、沒辦法繼續做這份工作，and it is usually said with a smile or a sting而且通常帶著一點打趣或一點刺，not as a neutral fact而不是中性的陳述：an old teacher joking that he is superannuated像是一個老老師開玩笑說自己superannuated了，or a writer being unkind about a superannuated politician或是作家不太客氣地說某個政客superannuated。Be careful with people用在人身上要小心——it can sound rude可能聽起來很沒禮貌。
The word is formal and rather old-fashioned itself, which is part of its charm; you meet it in books and in dry humour more than in conversation.
The word is formal and rather old-fashioned itself這個字本身就很正式、也有點過時，which is part of its charm這也是它的魅力之一——you meet it in books and in dry humour more than in conversation你會在書裡和冷幽默裡遇到它，多過在對話裡。
There is a second, narrower use, mostly British and Australian, which is purely official: a superannuated worker is one who has been retired on a pension, especially because they reached a set age. In that use there is no insult at all — it just means 'retired with a pension', and it connects to the noun 'superannuation'.
There is a second, narrower use還有第二種比較窄的用法，mostly British and Australian主要在英式和澳式英語裡，which is purely official而且完全是正式官方用語：a superannuated worker is one who has been retired on a pensionsuperannuated worker指的是已經領退休金退休的人，especially because they reached a set age尤其是因為到了規定的年齡。In that use there is no insult at all在這個用法裡完全沒有貶意——it just means 'retired with a pension'就只是「領退休金退休了」的意思，and it connects to the noun 'superannuation'而且跟名詞'superannuation'（退休金）有關。
core核心畫面
組成From Latin superannuatus, 'more than a year old': super (over, beyond) + annus (year). The original picture is of an animal or thing that has passed the age limit — kept one year too many.
同家族的字
- annualshares Latin annus, year — happening once a year
- anniversaryshares Latin annus, year — the yearly return of a date
- superannuationthe noun from the same word — pension money
- superiorshares Latin super — above
原始詞典資料3 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。
superannuatedadj/ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/
- 1
Obsolete, antiquated.
- In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects.
- The above, appearing in a publication now long ago superannuated and forgotten, is all that hitherto has stood in human record to attest what manner of men respectively were John Claggart and Billy Budd.
- 2
Retired or discarded due to age.
- I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the payment of three to old superannuated servants by my father’s will, and it is amazing how disagreeable she found it.
- And yet I remember that it was that absurd, emaciated, superannuated cab-horse which held my gaze.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- superannuate
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。