superannuated


adj. 过时的;退休的;老朽的

v. 退休;变陈旧(superannuate的过去分词)

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superannuated 年老不能工作的,过时的

super-,超过,-ann,年,词源同 annual.比喻用法,超过年龄的。

英文词源

superannuated (adj.)
1630s, "obsolete, out of date;" 1740, "retired on account of old age," from Modern Latin superannuatus, alteration (perhaps by influence of annual) of Medieval Latin superannatus (which meant "more than a year old" and was used of cattle), from Latin super "beyond, over" (see super-) + annus "year" (see annual (adj.)). Earlier in same sense was superannate (c. 1600), from Medieval Latin superannatus. Compare French suranner.

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1. Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
老朽无能的学究最令人讨厌不过。
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2. Are you still riding that superannuated old bike?
你还骑那辆老掉牙的自行车 吗 ?
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