| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | age noun¹ 1how old sb/sth is年龄 ➡ see also old age adjective | verb + age | age + noun | preposition | phrases adjective➤early, tender, young早年；幼年；童年◆he was sent away to school at an early age.他很小就被送去上学。➤advanced, great, old, ripe高龄；老年◆he was still active even at the advanced age of 87.他 87 岁高龄时仍十分活跃。◆white hair is a sign of great age.白发是年老的标志。◆she dreaded old age.她怕变老。➤advancing, increasing不断增加的年岁▸➤middle, third (bre) 中年；第三时期（介于中年和老年之间）◆a pleasant woman in early middle age一个和蔼可亲的刚到中年的妇女➤childbearing, pensionable, retirement, school, school-leaving (bre) 生育／领取养老金的／退休／入学／中学毕业年龄◆children of school age学龄儿童➤drinking, voting, working可饮酒／选举／工作年龄➤mental, reading (especially bre) 心理／阅读年龄verb + age➤attain, get to, live to, reach年届⋯；活到⋯年龄；达到⋯年龄◆when you get to my age you get a different perspective on life.你到我这个年纪时就会对人生有不同的看法。◆she lived to the age of 75.她活到了 75 岁。➤act, feel, look做与年龄相符的事；感到上年纪；看上去有⋯年龄◆act your age!别没大没小的！◆she was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己正在老去。➤lower, raise降低／提高⋯年龄◆the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years.选举年龄从 21 岁降到了 18 岁。age + noun➤group, range年龄组；年龄范围▸➤limit年龄限制preposition➤at a/the age在某一年龄◆at your age i had already started work.我像你这么大的时候已经开始工作了。➤between the ages在⋯年龄之间◆children between the ages of five and eleven5 到 11 岁的儿童➤by the age到⋯年龄◆he could read by the age of four.他 4 岁就能认字了。➤for sb's age以某人的年龄来说◆he's quite a big boy for his age.以他的年龄来说，他个子算大了。➤over (the) age超过⋯年龄◆twelve million people are over retirement age.1,200 万人过了退休年龄。➤under age未到法定年龄的◆it is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under age (= not legally old enough).向未到法定年龄的孩子售酒是非法的。➤under the age不足⋯年龄◆it is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18.向未满 18 岁的孩子售酒是非法的。➤with age随着年头的增加◆a lot of wines improve with age.许多葡萄酒年头越长，味道越好。➤age of⋯岁◆he left school at the age of 18.他 18 岁时毕业离校了。phrases➤the age of consent（对性行为可以自主的）同意年龄，承诺年龄◆the general age of consent for sexual activity is 16.性行为的同意年龄通常为 16 岁。➤sb's own age和某人年龄相当◆she needs a friend of her own age to play with.她需要一个同龄人一起玩。➤years of age⋯岁◆he's 20 years of age.他 20 岁。age noun² 2period of history历史时期adjective | preposition | phrases adjective➤another, bygone, different另一个／过去的／不同的时代◆this exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different age.这家别致的小旅馆好像属于另一个时代。➤bronze, ice, stone青铜器／冰河／石器时代▸➤computer, digital, industrial, modern, nuclear, etc.计算机时代、数字时代、工业时代、现代、核时代等▸➤elizabethan, victorian, etc.伊丽莎白、维多利亚等时代▸➤golden黄金时代◆the golden age of hollywood好莱坞的黄金时代preposition➤during the... age在⋯时代◆he lived during the victorian age.他生活在维多利亚时代。➤in a/the age在⋯时代◆she lived in an age when few women became politicians.她生活在鲜有女性从政的时代。➤through the ages历代◆an exhibition of islamic art through the ages历代伊斯兰艺术展➤age of⋯时代◆the age of the computer计算机时代phrases➤in this day and age (= in the period we now live in) 在当今这个时代◆why dress so formally in this day and age?都这年月了，怎么还穿得这么正式？age noun³ 3ages/an age (especially bre) a very long time很长时间verb + ages/an age | phrases verb + ages/an age➤spend, take花费很长时间◆it took an age for us all to get on the boat.我们花了很长时间才全部上了船。phrases➤absolutely ages极长的时间◆i've been sitting here for absolutely ages.我在这儿坐了很久了。➤ages ago很久以前◆carlos left ages ago.卡洛斯很久以前就走了。➤for ages好久◆we had to wait for ages!我们不得不等了很久！age verbadverb➤a lot, really衰老了很多；十分衰老◆the shock has aged her a lot.这一打击使她苍老了很多。◆my mother has really aged since she got sick.我母亲生病后非常衰老了。➤a little有点儿衰老◆he had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点儿了。➤quickly, rapidly迅速／快速衰老◆a rapidly ageing / aging population迅速老化的人口➤prematurely过早衰老▸➤gracefully, well适度陈化；陈化得好◆this wine has not aged well.这种葡萄酒陈化得不够好。age nounage ♦︎ generation ♦︎ age group ♦︎ peer groupthese are all words for the number of years that a person has lived, or a group of people who have lived for about the same number of years.这些词均表示年龄或同龄人。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆the younger / older generation / age group◆people of your own age / generation◆people of all ages / generations / age groups■ age [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed; a particular period of a person's life年龄；年龄段◆he left school at the age of 18.他 18 岁读完中学。◆children from 5-10 years of age5 到 10 岁的儿童◆when i was your age i was already married.我在你这个年纪已经结婚了。◆he started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年就开始弹钢琴。◆she was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己上年纪了。◆ways of calculating the age of the earth计算地球年龄的方法◆15 is an awkward age.15 岁是个尴尬的年龄。◆it was only now, in middle age, that she was beginning to enjoy life.直到现在，人到中年时，她才开始享受生活。◆he died of old age.他终其天年。■ generation [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] all the people who were born at about the same time; a single stage in the history of a family; a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity（统称）一代人；（家族史中的）一代；一批（参与某活动的同龄人）◆the older generation tends to have more traditional views.老一辈人常常有较传统的观念。◆my generation has grown up without the experience of a world war.我们这一代人没有经历过世界大战。◆i often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.我常常想，后人将怎样评价我们的努力。◆these stories were passed down from generation to generation.这些故事一代一代传了下来。◆a first- / second-generation american (= a person whose family has lived in america for one / two generations) 第一代／第二代美国人◆she has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.她激励了一整届时装学校的毕业生。 ➡ see also generation → period ■ age group [countable] people of a similar age or within a particular range of ages年龄组；年龄段◆men in the older age group较高年龄段的男性◆education for the 16-18 age group16 至 18 岁年龄段的教育■ peer group [countable] a group of people of the same age or social status同龄群体；社会地位相同的群体◆she gets on well with her peer group.她和同龄人相处融洽。◆he started smoking because of peer-group pressure.由于无法抗拒同侪压力，他开始吸烟。 ➡ see also peer → peer note 辨析 generation, age group or peer group?your generation is people who are nearer your age than your parents' or your children's ages. your age group may be a much narrower range of ages: age group is often used in official forms and figures, and the exact range of ages may be stated. * generation 指一代人，如你和你的父母分属两代人； age group 所指年龄段更窄，常见于官方表格或数据，而且可能会具体说明所指年龄范围◆the 16-18 generation/peer group your peer group includes the people of your own age that you actually know and are influenced by. * peer group 指那些与你同龄、你认识并受其影响的人◆she gets on well with her generation/age group. age [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed; a particular period of a person's life年龄；年龄段◆he left school at the age of 18.他 18 岁读完中学。◆children from 5-10 years of age5 到 10 岁的儿童◆when i was your age i was already married.我在你这个年纪已经结婚了。◆he started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年就开始弹钢琴。◆she was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己上年纪了。◆ways of calculating the age of the earth计算地球年龄的方法◆15 is an awkward age.15 岁是个尴尬的年龄。◆it was only now, in middle age, that she was beginning to enjoy life.直到现在，人到中年时，她才开始享受生活。◆he died of old age.他终其天年。 age [countable] a period of time, usually in history, that is different from other periods, especially because it represents a stage in the development of technology or tools（尤指历史上代表技术或工具发展新阶段的）时代，时期◆are the laws of war still relevant in the nuclear age?战争法则在核时代仍然适用吗？◆this is the age of the computer.现在是电脑时代。◆they dug up several examples of bronze age pottery.他们掘出了几件青铜器时期的陶器。◆the golden age of cinema was in the 1950s.20 世纪 50 年代是电影业的黄金时期。◆the museum is putting on an exhibition of spinning through the ages.博物馆正推出一个纺纱历史沿革展览。age¹/eɪdʒ ||; edʒ/noun1. [c,u] the length of time that sb has lived or that sth has existed 年龄；年纪: ◇ali is 17 years of age. 阿里十七岁。◇she left school at the age of 16. 她十六岁时毕业了。◇children of all ages will enjoy this film. 各种年龄的孩子都会喜欢这部电影。◇he needs some friends of his own age. 他须要交几个年龄相若的朋友。 when you want to ask about somebody's age, you usually say how old is she?and the answer can be she's eighteenor she's eighteen years oldbut not she's eighteen years.here are some examples of other ways of talking about age i'm nearly nineteen. a girl of eighteen an eighteen-year-old girl the robber is of medium height and aged about 16 or 17. 想知道某人的年龄通常这样说：how old is she? 回答时可以说：she's eighteen 或 she's eighteen years old，但不可以说 she's eighteen years。以下是另外一些表示年龄的说法：i'm nearly nineteen. 我快十九岁了。a girl of eighteen 十八岁的姑娘 an eighteen-year-old girl十八岁的姑娘 the robber is of medium height and aged about 16 or 17. 那个盗贼中等身材，年龄大约十六七岁。 2. [c,u] a particular period in sb's life 人生的某阶段；年龄段: ◇a problem that often develops in middle age 人到中年常有的毛病。◇her sons will look after her in her old age. 她到了老年，儿子们会照顾她。 3. [u] the state of being old 年老；晚年: ◇a face lined with age 因年老而起皱纹的脸◇the doctor said she died of old age. 医生说，她是老死的。 ☞look at youth. 参看 youth。 4. [c] a particular period of history 时代；年代: ◇the computer age 计算机时代◇the history of art through the ages 历代的艺术史 5. ages [pl] (informal 非正式) a very long time 长时间；很久: ◇we had to wait (for) ages at the hospital. 我们在医院里等了很久。◇it's ages since i've seen her. 我已经很久没有见过她。 come of age to become an adult in law 成年；满法定年龄 feel your age→feel¹under age not old enough by law to do sth 未满法定年龄 age²/eɪdʒ ||; edʒ/verb [i,t] (present participle ageing or aging;past tense past participle aged /eɪdʒd ||; edʒd/) to become or look old; to cause sb to look old 变老；显得老；使衰老: ◇my father seems to have aged a lot recently. 我父亲近年好像老了许多。◇i could see her illness had aged her. 我看得出来，她生病以后见老了。◇an ageing aunt 年事日高的姑妈 age1 how long someone has lived or something has existed2 ways of saying how old someone is3 to be almost a particular age4 ways of saying how old a building, car, machine etc is5 to be the same age as someone or something else6 people who are the same agerelated wordssee alsoyoung,old,adult (2),baby,modern,old-fashioned,1. how long someone has lived or something has existed 某人的年龄或某物存在的时间 age /eɪdʒ/ [countable/uncountable noun] the number of years that someone has lived or something has existed 年龄；年数，存在时间 the age of somebody/something the average age of the students here is eighteen. 这里的学生平均年龄是18岁。 the amount you pay for license tags and registration depends on the age of the vehicle. 牌照费和登记费视车龄而定。somebody's age i tried to guess her age but couldn't. 我试图猜出她的年龄，但猜不出来。 their children's ages range from twelve to seventeen. 他们几个孩子的年龄从12岁到17岁不等。be somebody's age be the same age as someone 到了某人的年龄 when i was your age i was already working. 我在你这个年龄已经工作了。of my age/her age etc about the same age as me, her etc 在我/她这个年纪等 i'm surprised someone of your age didn't know that. 我觉得奇怪，像你这个年龄的人，居然这也不知道。at the age of 10/20 etc written use this to say how old someone was when something happened 【书面】10/20岁等时 dewhurst died at the age of seventy-three. 杜赫斯特73岁去世。over/under the age of older or younger than 岁以上/以下 anyone over the age of fourteen has to pay the full fare. 超过14岁的人士均须购买全票。be small/tall etc for your age be small, tall etc compared with other people of the same age 以你的年龄来说很小/高等 jimmy's very tall for his age. 以吉米的年龄来说，他长得非常高了。 she's in her seventies, but very fit for her age. 她年过七旬，然而以她的年龄来看，身体非常好。 how old /haʊ ˈəʊld/ [adjective phrase] use this to ask or talk about the age of a person or thing 多大，多少岁 how old is paul? 保罗多大了？ i'm not sure how old the cat is -- three or four, i suppose. 我不清楚这猫有多大了—大概三四岁吧。2. ways of saying how old someone is 表示某人有多大年龄的说法 be 5/10/35 etc /biː ˈfaɪv/ [verb phrase] julie's going to be thirty next month. 朱莉下个月就30岁了。 when i was eighteen, i thought i knew everything. 我18岁时以为自己什么都知道。 luke is three and marie is seven. 卢克3岁，玛丽7岁。 be 5/10/35 etc years old /biː ˌfaɪv jɪəʳz ˈəʊld/ [verb phrase] simone is nearly fifteen years old. 西莫内快15岁了。 my sister got married when she was thirty-eight years old. 我姐姐38岁结婚。 be 5/10/35 etc years of age /biː ˌfaɪv jɪəʳz əv ˈeɪdʒ/ [verb phrase] formal he was tall, well-dressed and appeared to be about thirty-five years of age. 他个子高高的，衣着讲究，年龄大约在35岁左右。 elephants do not become sexually active until they are fifteen to eighteen years of age. 大象大概在15至18岁时开始进入性活跃期。 aged 5/10/35 etc /eɪdʒd ˈfaɪv/ [adjective phrase] used especially in written descriptions 5岁/10岁/35岁等［尤用于书面描述］ the child, aged ten, was last seen in a park on bishop street. 最后一次见到那名十岁儿童是在毕晓普街的一个公园内。 a recent survey of youths aged thirteen to eighteen shows that twelve percent are smoking regularly. 最近对13至18岁青少年所作的一次调查显示，有12%的人经常吸烟。 females aged eighteen to thirty-four have an increased risk of contracting the disease. 18至34岁的女性感染此病的风险增加了。 5-year-old/10-year-old etc /ˈfaɪv jɪər ˌəʊld/ [adjective only before noun] aged 5/10/35 etc used especially in written descriptions 5岁/10岁等的［尤用于书面描述］ his ninety-five-year-old great-grandfather still rides his bike every day. 他95岁高龄的曾祖父仍在每天骑自行车。 she has to pick up her twelve-year-old son from school at 3:30. 她必须于3点半把12岁的儿子从学校接回来。 twenty-one-year-old elizabeth parker will be the soloist in tonight's concert. 21岁的伊丽莎白·帕克将是今晚音乐会的独唱歌手。 5/10/35-year-old [countable noun] the competition was won by a seventeen-year-old from vestavia high school. 那次比赛由维斯塔维亚高中一名17岁的选手夺得冠军。 of 5/10/35 etc /əv ˈfaɪv/ [adjective phrase] use this especially to say what someone who is a particular age can do 5岁/10岁/35岁等的［尤用于表示某个年龄的人可以做什么］ if a man of fifty-five loses his job, he'll never get another. 一个男人如果在55岁失了业，那就再也不会有工作了。 it's so simple, a child of four could use it. 这很简单，四岁的小孩都会使用。 in your teens/20s/thirties/40s etc /ɪn jɔːʳ ˈtiːnz/ use this to give a general idea of how old someone is 在十多岁/二十多岁/三十多岁/四十多岁等时［用于说明某人的大概年龄］ he was tall, with brown hair and dark eyes - i'd say he was in his forties. 他个子高高的，棕色的头发，黑黑的眼睛，我估计他有四十多岁。early twenties/30s etc in my early twenties, i applied for my first job as a teacher. 我二十出头的时候，应聘第一份工作，就是当老师。mid-twenties/30s etc she's retired, but she's only in her mid-50s. 她已经退休，但她只有五十四五岁。late twenties/30s etc a lot of women in their late twenties start thinking about having a family. 许多女性快到30的时候就开始考虑要组织家庭。 have turned 20/30 etc /həv ˌtɜːʳnd ˈtwenti/ [verb phrase] to have recently become 20, 30 etc 刚满20岁/30岁等 mcclelland recently turned forty. 麦克莱兰最近刚满40岁。 twenty-/thirty-/forty-something /ˈtwenti ˌsʌmθɪŋ/ [adjective only before noun] informal between the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc 【非正式】二十来岁/三十来岁/四十来岁 a forty-something couple from orlando 来自奥兰多的一对四十来岁的夫妇3. to be almost a particular age 快到某个年龄 be getting on for /biː ˌgetɪŋ ˈɒn fɔːʳ/ [verb phrase] british used to say that someone is nearly a particular age 【英】快到［某个年龄］ old willis must be getting on for sixty-five. 老威利斯肯定快到65岁了。 the queen was getting on for eighty and only the elderly could remember her coronation. 女王将近80高龄，唯有上了年纪的人才能记得她的加冕典礼。 be pushing /biː ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ [verb phrase] be pushing 40/50/65 etc to be almost a particular age, especially when this is quite old or be doing a particular activity 将近40岁/50岁/65岁等［尤表示在年纪很大的时候做某件事］ when you're pushing seventy it's not surprising when you start forgetting things. 将近70岁了，开始忘记东西是没什么好奇怪的。 what astonishes me is the ease with which this man, pushing seventy-five, can play his trumpet for hours at a time. 令我惊讶的是，这位年近75岁的男人，竟能毫不费力地连吹几个小时的小号。4. ways of saying how old a building, car, machine etc is 表示建筑物、汽车、机器等年期的说法 be 5/50/100 etc years old /biː ˌfaɪv jɪəʳz ˈəʊld/ [verb phrase] their home is over 100 years old. 他们的宅子有100多年了。 the fossils are over 100 million years old. 这些化石有一亿多年了。 the pyramids were already 2000 years old when the greek historian herodotus visited them. 希腊历史学家希罗多德去视察的时候，这些金字塔已经有2,000年的历史了。 5-year-old/100-year-old etc /ˈfaɪv jɪər ˌəʊld/ [adjective phrase only before noun] used especially in written descriptions 有5年/100年等的［尤用于书面描写］ a 500-year-old church in leipzig is being threatened with demolition. 莱比锡一座有500年历史的教堂正面临着被拆毁的威胁。 a 1500-year-old latin manuscript 1,500年前的拉丁文手稿5. to be the same age as someone or something else 和某人同龄或和某物同期 the same age /ðə ˌseɪm ˈeɪdʒ/ [noun phrase] be the same age cliff and jeremy are the same age. 克利夫和杰里米同龄。be the same age as cleo is the same age as me. 克利奥和我同龄。of the same age the same age as each other 年龄相同 blood samples were taken from a group of patients of the same age. 血样是从一组年龄相同的病人中抽取的。6. people who are the same age 相同年龄的人 generation /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ [countable noun usually singular] all the people in a society who are about the same age 一代人，同代人 somebody's generation people of his generation often have a hard time with computers. 他这一代人用电脑很吃力。 many people consider her among the best writers of her generation. 许多人认为她是同代人中最好的作家之一。generation-gap large differences in attitude between different generations 代沟 there's still a pretty wide generation-gap in german society. 德国社会中仍然存在着很深的代沟。 age group /ˈeɪdʒ gruːp/ [countable noun] all the people who are between two particular ages, considered as a group 年龄组，年龄群 pregnant women in the 40-45 age group are more likely to suffer complications. 40至45岁这一年龄段的孕妇更容易出现并发症。 the vacations are designed for the 20-30 age group. 这些度假计划是专为20到30岁年龄段的人提供的。 the under-5s/11s/25s etc /ði ˌʌndəʳ ˈfaɪvz/ [plural noun] british a group of people, especially children or young people, who are all below a certain age - used especially in education or sport 【英】5岁/11岁/25岁等以下的人群［多指儿童或年轻人，尤用于教育或体育方面］ sally teaches the under-5s. 萨莉教五岁以下的孩子。 he is one of the best of the under-18s in his football club. 在他参加的足球俱乐部里，他是18岁以下组别中最出色的球员之一。 the over-30s/40s/50s etc /ði ˌəʊvəʳ ˈθɜːʳtiz/ [plural noun] british a group of people, but not usually children or young people, who are all above a certain age - used especially to talk about groups of middle-aged or old people 【英】30岁/40岁/50岁等以上的人群［尤用于指中年人或老年人］ many agencies provide special vacations for the over-50s. 许多旅行社有专门为50岁以上人士而设的度假计划。 the tennis club has a section for the over-40s. 这家网球俱乐部有一个40岁以上组。 twenty-/thirty-/forty-something /ˈtwenti ˌsʌmθɪŋ/ [countable noun] informal someone between the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc 【非正式】二十多岁/三十多岁/四十多岁的人 howard's book is an entertaining book filled with tips on money management for twenty- and 30-somethings. 霍华德的这本书非常有趣，里面全是给二三十岁的人提供的理财建议。 the show is about a group of twenty-somethings living in new york city. 这个节目是讲生活在纽约的一群二十多岁的年轻人的故事。 peer group/peers /ˈpɪəʳ gruːp, pɪəʳz/ [] a group of people who are the same age, especially children or young people - use this to talk about how people of the same age influence and relate to each other 同辈群体，同龄人［尤指儿童或年轻人，用于表示他们之间的相互影响和关系］ by the age of about 10, children will be much more interested in the approval of their peer group than that of their parents or teachers. 儿童到了大约十岁以后，他们看重同龄人的认同远远超过父母或老师对他们的认同。 she learned to read late, and by the age of 13 was way behind her peers in almost every aspect of school work. 她识字晚，13岁的时候，在学习上几乎样样都远远落后于同龄的孩子。peer group pressure the strong influence of a peer group 同辈的强烈影响 kids should be taught to resist peer group pressure to become sexually active too early. 应该教育孩子学会避免受同辈的影响，不要过早地有性行为。☞ age¹☞ age² |
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