| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | age1 /ei6z; eds/ n 1 [C] length of time a person has lived or a thing has existed: 年龄; 年纪; 年岁： What's his age, How old is he? 他多大年纪？ Their ages are 4, 7 and 9. 他们的年龄是四岁，七岁和九岁。 At what age do children start school in your country? 在你们国家，儿童几岁开始上学？ What's the age of that old church? 那座老教堂有多少年了？ When I was your age.... 当我像你这样年纪时…。 I have a son your age, a son the same age as you. 我有一个像你这样年纪的儿子。 She ought to be earning her own living at her age, She's old enough now to do this. 在她这样的年纪, 她应该自力谋生了。 be/come of age, be/become old enough to be responsible in law, 成年。 → age of consent at consent. be of an age, reach a stage in life when one ought to do sth: 到达该作某事的年龄： He's of an age when he ought to be settling down, eg get a good job, marry. 他已到了安定下来的年龄了 (比如说成家立业)。 over age, having passed a certain age or age limit: 超过了某一年龄或某种年龄限制： He won't be called up for military service; he's over age. 他不会被征召入伍; 他已超过役龄。 → age limit at limit1. under age, too young; not yet of age. 太年经; 未达规定年龄; 未成年。 'age-bracket n period of life between two specified ages, eg between 20 and 30. 年龄分类; 年龄范围(例如二十岁至三十岁间)。 'age-group n number of persons of the same age. 同龄前一群人。 2 [U] later part of life (contrasted with youth): 老年; 晚年 (与 youth 相对) His back was bent with age. 他的背因年老而佝偻。 If we could have the strength of youth and the wisdom of age,.... 假使我们能够有青年的体力和老年的智慧，…。 3 [C] great or long period of time, with special characteristics or events: (具有某特征或特殊事件的) 时代： the age of machinery; 机器时代; the atomic age; 原子时代; the Elizabethan Age, the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603). 伊利莎白时代(英国女王伊利莎白一世在位时期，1558-1603)。 → golden age, middle age, the Middle Ages, the Stone Age at golden(2), middle(3), stone(1). 4 [C] (colloq) very long time: (俗)很长时间; 很久： We've been waiting an age/for ages. 我们已经等候很久了。 |
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