superannuated的意思

superannuated

基本解释

adj. 过时的；退休的；老朽的

v. 退休；变陈旧（superannuate的过去分词）

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。

superannuated (adj.): 1630s, "obsolete, out of date;" 1740, "retired on account of old age," from Modern Latin superannuatus, alteration (perhaps by influence of annual) of Medieval Latin superannatus (which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.

1. Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.: 老朽无能的学究最令人讨厌不过。