中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
领半薪的 (place sb. on the half-pay list 〔英国〕令某人支半薪休职)。

reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time

In the British Army and Royal Navy of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, half-pay referred to the pay or allowance an officer received when in retirement or not in actual service.Oxford English Dictionary