核心畫面

Picture someone walking out of the office on their last day and not coming back — they step back out of working life for good. Retirement can be thought of as that stepping-back: the moment you stop working, and then the whole open stretch of life that opens up behind that moment. English uses one word for both the door and the room on the other side of it.

可以想成一個人在最後一天走出辦公室,然後不再回來——他從職場上退了下來。retirement 的畫面大致就是這個「退更多收起可以想成一個人在最後一天走出辦公室,然後不再回來——他從職場上退了下來。retirement 的畫面大致就是這個「退下來」:既是你停止工作的那一刻,也是那一刻之後展開的一整段人生。英文用同一個字裝下了那道門,和門後面的那個房間。

One branch

退下職場:那一刻,和那之後

兩個意思是同一件事的兩個鏡頭:一個對準「離開」那個時間點,一個把鏡頭往後拉,拍離開之後的那些年。中文常常要換字(退休/退休生活),英文則靠句子裡的線索分辨。

stopping work · noun · B2

The time when someone stops working, usually because they have reached an older age.

退休

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

retirementnoun/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ).mənt/

  • 1

    An act of retiring; withdrawal.

    • After dinner there was the peaceful pipe that Tulloch had forecast, and mutual reminiscences until the long clock in the corner, striking the smallest hour of the morning, prompted Tulloch to suggest retirement.
  • 2

    The state of being retired; seclusion.

    • The heir to the throne of Bogota […] had to undergo a rigorous training from his infancy: he lived in complete retirement in a temple, where he might not see the sun nor eat salt nor converse with a woman: he was surrounded by guards who observed his conduct and noted all his actions.
  • 3

    archaicA place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.

    • When her mother frowned, and her friend looked cool, she would steal to this retirement, where human foot seldom trod […].
  • 4

    The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career.

    • "I tried retirement ten years ago. Didn't think much of it. Complete waste of time. So I gave it up after two weeks."
    • A.I. is described as the new electricity. It’s even bigger than fire. Don’t bother saving money for retirement because everyone will be rich rich rich.
  • 5

    The act of leaving one's career or employment permanently.

    • The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。