elderly

英['eldəli] 美['eldərli]
  • adj. 年老的;年长的
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星级词汇:
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 上了年纪的,上了岁数的
    2. 年长的
    3. 老式的
    4. 过时的
    5. 较老的
    6. 过了中年的,中年以上的
    7. 年纪较大的
    n. (名词)
    1. (= the eldely) 老人,上了年纪的人
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 上了年纪的,中年以上的 rather old; past middle age

英英释义

Noun:
  1. people who are old collectively;

    "special arrangements were available for the aged"

Adjective:
  1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);

    "aged members of the society"
    "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"
    "senior citizen"

1. We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.
我们通常以为被拦路抢劫的受害者是老年人。

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2. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.
那辆失控的车猛冲到一条长椅上,撞伤了一对老夫妇。

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3. Some of those artillery pieces look a little elderly.
那些大炮中有些看起来有点老掉牙了。

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4. They feel they are interacting productively with elderly patients.
他们觉得和年长的病人进行互动颇有益处。

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5. The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.
老人们生活在对袭击和谋杀的恐惧之中。

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man.
      歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。
    2. Many elderly people live an idle life.
      许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。
    3. I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me.
      感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。
    4. In the presence of elderly visitors our son was a model of decorum.
      我们的儿子在来访的长辈面前彬彬有礼。
    5. He handed the elderly woman across the street.
      他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ~+ n.
    1. The elderly man is quite energetic.
      这位上了年纪的老人仍精力充沛。
    2. He is an elderly man, about sixty.
      他是个年约60岁的老人。
    3. There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train.
      火车上有几个中年以上的妇女。
    4. This is the elderly hotel.
      这是家老字号旅馆。
    用作表语 S+be+~
    1. He is getting elderly.
      他逐渐变老了。
adj. (形容词)
  1. elderly在句中主要用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语,无比较级和最高级。
  2. elderly作定语形容词时,一般不用于修饰人以外的其他事物,但在非正式语体中,也可以修饰物。
adj. (形容词)
elderly, aged, old
  • 这三个词均可指“年老的,年迈的”。其区别是:
  • old指年事已高,接近生命的终点; elderly指已过中年,意为“较老的,接近老年的”,常有尊敬和威严的意味。例如:
  • She was an elderly woman, perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年纪的女人,可能有60岁了。
  • aged指“年迈的”,含有体弱多病、老态龙钟的意味。例如:
  • An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年迈的妇女坐在炉火旁,口中念念有词。
  • elderly, elder
  • 这两个词的区别是:elder表示“年龄较大的”“年长的”,指相对于某人或某事来说年龄比较大; elderly表示“上了年纪的”“过了中年的”,是绝对意义上的年纪较大。例如:
  • She is my elder daughter.她是我的大女儿。
  • He's very active for an elderly man.按老年人来说,他非常活跃。