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| 詞匯 | age |
| 釋義 | age/e?d?/ n [-s / ?z/];v [-s / ?z/,-d,-d /d/;-ing or -e\ing / ? ?/] n(1)年齡(amount of time that a person,animal or a thing has existed)[C,U]:What~is she?(What is her~? = How old is she?) 她多大? She's five years of ~(= five years old).她五歲。What was your~last birthday? 上次生日時你多大?“What~s are your sons?” “Their~s are five and seven.”“你的兒子們多大了?”“一個五歲,一個七歲?!?“At what~did he die?”“他多大年紀時死的?” “(He died) at the~of 56/in the fifty-sixth year of his~(fml)/in his fifty-sixth year (infml).”“(他)56歲時(死的)。”be (of)/look the same~是/看樣子同年齡; be twice sb's~是某人年齡的兩倍;be about sb's~與某人年齡相近;be of an~with sb與某人同齡;be (of) sb's~與某人同齡;I have a daughter of your~.我有一個與你同齡的女兒。When I was (at) your~I used to write novels.我在你這么大時寫過小說。look one's~看起來像某人的實際年齡;look older than one's~顯得比實際年齡大;tell sb's~說出某人的年齡;a man of/past middle~中年人/過了中年的人;live to a great~活到高齡;reach the~of 80 活到80歲;in one's old~在老年的時候;under/over the~of twenty 不足/超過20歲;You should never ask a lady's~.決不要問女士的年齡?!玪imit 年齡限制;〖同〗lifetime; (2)老(晚)年(later part of the life of a person or sth)[U]:His back was bent/ Her face wrinkled with~.由于年紀大他的背駝了/她的臉長皺紋了。Wisdom comes/ Wine improves with~.人越老越賢明/酒由于年頭長而變得更醇。feel one's~感覺老了;You can see plenty of signs of~in this building.這座大樓到處可見年代已久的痕跡。〖反〗y(tǒng)outh,childhood; (3)(界限)年齡(particular time of life at which a person becomes able or not able to do sth)[U,(C)]:be/come/become of~(到)成年(年齡)(通常為18歲或21歲);(be)of an~達到該做某事的年齡;under/over~低于/超過(規(guī)定)年齡;the~of discretion/consent 懂事年齡/同意年齡(可答應發(fā)生性關系的年齡);the awkward~(將近成年前的)尷尬年齡;at a tender~(of tender~)在不成熟的年齡; (4)時代,世紀(distinctive period of history or geology)[C,通常sing]:the Ice/ Bronze/Iron/Stone/Elizabethan A~冰河/青銅/鐵器/石器/伊麗莎白時代;the modern/nuclear/atomic/space~當代/核子時代/原子時代/太空時代;live in a highly civilized~生活在一個高度文明的時代;the A~of Shakespeare/the Roman emperors莎士比亞/羅馬諸皇時代;the~of the microchip/dinosaurs 微型集成電路/恐龍時代;the Middle A~s 中世紀;the spirit of the~時代精神;be behind the~落后于時代;This machine was the wonder of the~.這機器是那個時代的奇跡。〖同〗era,epoch,period; (5)很長時間(very long time)[C,通常pl](infml):It's (been)~s/an~since I had a real holiday.我有很長時間沒有真正度假了。It seemed an~before we arrived.似乎過了漫長的時間我們才到達。We have been waiting for~s/an~.我們等了很長時間啦。She has not written to me for~s.她有很長時間沒給我寫信了。It took her~s/an~to dress.她穿衣服費了很長時間。She took~s/an~to dress.她穿衣服要費很長時間。The earth changed as the~s passed.地球隨著漫長年代的逝去而變遷。 →′age-group,′age-bracket n 年齡段;某一年齡的人;′ageless adj 長生不老的;永恒的;′age-long adj 長期(久)的;′age-old adj 古老的;久遠的;′ageism,agism n 對老年人的歧視; v(1)(使)變(蒼)老((cause to) become old or show signs of age)[I,T+n]:He is~ing fast.他在迅速衰老。He has~d a lot.他老了許多。After her husband's death she~d quickly.丈夫死后她很快就變老了。be~ing gracefully 老而風韻不減;The worry/strain/tragedy~d him rapidly.憂愁/緊張/悲慘事件使他很快變老了。Her troubles have~d her.她的煩惱使她變老了。find sb~d 發(fā)現(xiàn)某人老了; (2)(使)變陳((cause or allow wine,cheese,wood,etc to)become mature by keeping or treating)[T+n,I]:Wine is~d in barrels and then in bottles.酒放在桶里陳化后倒進瓶里再陳。The wine~d well.這酒存放多年,已很醇了。The cheese was~d for two years before being ready for market.這奶酪出售前陳了兩年。He~d the wood for several months.他把那木料擱置干化了好幾個月?!纪絤ature,ripen; →′ageing,aging n 衰老;變陳;aged adj; 【辨異】age和era、epoch、period都有“時代”之意,往往可以通用,如:the Elizabethan age/era/epoch/period(伊麗莎白時代);age和period為普通用語,era和epoch 為較正式用語,??苫Q;age通常指相當長的時間,與名人或某一顯著特點有關;era指一個較長的時期,可分為多個period,指發(fā)生巨大變革的時代,如:an era of invention(一個發(fā)明時代);epoch 則指一個era的開始;period可長可短,可包含多個epoch,具有某一特征,如:a period of expansion(擴張的時代)。 |
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