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annuity
Money that is payable yearly or on some regular basis, or a contract providing for such payment.
🌱Throughout her working career she invested regularly in annuities that would support her after retirement. 🌳Annuities are handy things to have when you retire, since they provide an income on an annual basis or more frequently. Annuities are normally contracts with life-insurance companies that specify that payments begin at retirement. Company pensions are traditionally doled out in the form of annuities, and sweepstakes jackpots may also come as annuities. An annuity can be a wise idea if you think you're going to live a long time; however, annuities can be tricky and should only be purchased after carefully comparing the products offered by various companies. superannuated 1、 Outworn, old-fashioned, or out-of-date.
2、 Forced to retire because of old age or infirmity.
🌱He called himself a car collector, but his backyard looked like a cemetery for superannuated clunkers. 🌳A superannuated style is out-of-date—its time has come and gone. And a person who has passed an age limit and been forced to retire may technically be called superannuated. But more often superannuated describes people who seem somehow to belong to the past. So a 55-year-old surfer might be regarded as superannuated by the young crowd riding the waves in Santa Cruz, and a superannuated hippie might still be dressing the way he did in 1972. millennium 1、 A period of time lasting 1,000 years, or the celebration of a 1,000-year anniversary.
2、 A period of great happiness and perfection on earth.
🌱The first millennium B.C. saw the rise of important civilizations in Greece, Rome, India, Central America, and China. 🌳Since in Latin mille means "thousand" （See MILL,） a millennium lasts 1,000 years. Thus, we're living today at the beginning of the third millennium since the birth of Christ. But some religious sects, relying on a prophecy in the biblical Book of Revelation, speak of a coming millennium when Jesus will return to reign on earth for 1,000 years, evil will be banished, and all will live in peace and happiness. Members of these sects who keep themselves in a constant state of preparedness are called millenarians or millennialists. perennial 1、 Continuing to grow for several years.
2、 Enduring or continuing without interruption.
🌱"See You in September" is a perennial summertime hit among lovesick teenagers. 🌳A perennial garden is full of perennials like delphiniums and asters, flowers that continue to bloom year after year. （Annuals, by contrast, grow for only a single season and must be replanted annually, and biennials die after two years.） Evergreens are perennially green; for that reason, they're perennial favorites for Christmas wreaths and decorations. In a similar way, taxes are a perennial political issue; and a perennial political candidate may come back over and over claiming he's the only one who can save us from them.
🌱Throughout her working career she invested regularly in annuities that would support her after retirement. 🌳Annuities are handy things to have when you retire, since they provide an income on an annual basis or more frequently. Annuities are normally contracts with life-insurance companies that specify that payments begin at retirement. Company pensions are traditionally doled out in the form of annuities, and sweepstakes jackpots may also come as annuities. An annuity can be a wise idea if you think you're going to live a long time; however, annuities can be tricky and should only be purchased after carefully comparing the products offered by various companies. superannuated 1、 Outworn, old-fashioned, or out-of-date.
2、 Forced to retire because of old age or infirmity.
🌱He called himself a car collector, but his backyard looked like a cemetery for superannuated clunkers. 🌳A superannuated style is out-of-date—its time has come and gone. And a person who has passed an age limit and been forced to retire may technically be called superannuated. But more often superannuated describes people who seem somehow to belong to the past. So a 55-year-old surfer might be regarded as superannuated by the young crowd riding the waves in Santa Cruz, and a superannuated hippie might still be dressing the way he did in 1972. millennium 1、 A period of time lasting 1,000 years, or the celebration of a 1,000-year anniversary.
2、 A period of great happiness and perfection on earth.
🌱The first millennium B.C. saw the rise of important civilizations in Greece, Rome, India, Central America, and China. 🌳Since in Latin mille means "thousand" （See MILL,） a millennium lasts 1,000 years. Thus, we're living today at the beginning of the third millennium since the birth of Christ. But some religious sects, relying on a prophecy in the biblical Book of Revelation, speak of a coming millennium when Jesus will return to reign on earth for 1,000 years, evil will be banished, and all will live in peace and happiness. Members of these sects who keep themselves in a constant state of preparedness are called millenarians or millennialists. perennial 1、 Continuing to grow for several years.
2、 Enduring or continuing without interruption.
🌱"See You in September" is a perennial summertime hit among lovesick teenagers. 🌳A perennial garden is full of perennials like delphiniums and asters, flowers that continue to bloom year after year. （Annuals, by contrast, grow for only a single season and must be replanted annually, and biennials die after two years.） Evergreens are perennially green; for that reason, they're perennial favorites for Christmas wreaths and decorations. In a similar way, taxes are a perennial political issue; and a perennial political candidate may come back over and over claiming he's the only one who can save us from them.
ANN/ENN comes from Latin annus, meaning "year." An annual event occurs yearly. An anniversary is an example of an annual event, although the older you get the more frequent they seem to be.🌸