| 釋義 |
倚老賣老yǐ lǎo mài lǎocapitalize on being advanced in age; come the old soldier over (sb);exploit (/flaunt) one’s seniority; presume on one’s age (/seniority); take advantage of one’s seniority(old age) (to ignore manners,regulations,etc.);pride oneself on being a veteran
? 今年文壇上的戰(zhàn)術(shù)，有幾手是恢復了五六年前的太陽社式，年紀大又成為一種罪狀，叫做“～”。(《魯迅選集》Ⅳ—176) Some of the fighting tactics in literary circles this year are replicas of those used by the Sun Society five or six years ago,for age has once more become a crime. This is known as“exploiting seniority”./紫娟飛紅了臉，笑道： “姨太太真?zhèn)€～的！”(《紅樓夢》738) Zijuan flushed and flashed back，“You’re presuming on your age,madam!”/正心疼肝斷，無計可施，聽鶯兒如此說，便～，拿起柱杖向春燕身上擊了幾下，…… (《紅樓夢》757) Inwardly fuming,she had not known how to retaliate until Yinger made this joke. Now,presuming on her seniority,she raised her cane and struck her niece several blows.
? 他可是賣了力氣，雖然明知跑不過后面的三個小伙子，可是不肯～。(老舍《駱駝祥子》 143) …knowing very well that the other three were all faster than he. Yet he was unwilling to make age an excuse for going slowly and put all his strength into run ning.
? ～就～！ 他還能在世上活七十幾嗎？ (柳青《創(chuàng)業(yè)史》309) Wang took full advantage of the privileges of his old age. He wasn’t going to remain on this earth another seventy years,was he?/這不是～嗎？這叫人怎辦哩！(柳青《創(chuàng)業(yè)史》125) Of course he’s trying to beat me down with his seniority in our clan. What shall I do? 倚老賣老yi lao mai laotake advantage of one’s seniority or old age (to ignore manners,regulations,etc) 倚老賣老show self-importance for being aged;flaunt one’s seniority 倚老賣老yǐ lǎo mài lǎo倚仗自己年紀大，賣弄老資格。show self-importance for being aged, flawnt one’s seniority, pride oneself on being a veteran |