superannuated
英 [suːpə'rænjʊeɪtɪd; 'sjuː-]
- adj.時代遅れの;引退した;老朽化した
- v.引退する;時代遅れになる(superannuateの過去分詞)
語源
superannuated 高齢で働けない, 時代遅れ比喩的な用法で、年齢を超えた。
英語の語源
- 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- 1630s, "obsolete, out of date;" 1740, "retired on account of old age," from Modern Latin superannuatus, alteration (perhaps by influence of annual) of Medieval Latin superannatus (which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.
例文
- 1. Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
- 老いぼれ無能な学究は最も嫌われる。
- 2.Are you still riding that superannuated old bike?
- 老いぼれた自転車にまだ乗っていますか。
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