单词 | middle age |
释义 | middle ageBrE /ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒ/ NAmE /ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒ/ noun [U ]the period of your life when you are neither young nor old , between the ages of about 45 and 60 中年(45 岁到 60 岁左右)◆ a pleasant woman in early /late middle age 刚到中年的/接近老年的亲切和蔼的女人The ages of life年龄段Childhood/youth童年/青年时期be born and raised/bred in Oxford; be born into a wealthy/middle-class family在牛津出生并长大;在富裕/中产家庭出生have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood有幸福/不幸/艰苦的童年grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm成长于音乐之家/孤儿院/农场be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)是独生子reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty进入/经历青春期be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties十几岁;二十出头;二十五岁左右;将近三十岁undergo/experience physical/psychological changes经历生理/心理变化give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure屈服于/顶住同辈的压力assert your independence/individuality维护独立/个性Adulthood成年leave school/university/home中学/大学毕业;离家go out to work (at sixteen)(16 岁)投身工作get/find a job/partner找到工作/伴侣be/get engaged/married订婚;结婚have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job有妻子/丈夫/按揭贷款/稳定的工作settle down and have kids/children/a family安定下来并生儿育女begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)开始(政治/科学/音乐)职业生涯prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career最终成为/代表/标志/达到某人人生/某人职业生涯的转折点reach/be well into/settle into middle age进入/安度中年have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis经历中年危机take/consider early retirement提前退休;考虑提前退休approach/announce/enjoy your retirement临近/宣布/享受退休Old age老年have/see/spend time with your grandchildren有孙辈;与孙辈共度时光take up/pursue/develop a hobby开始/追求/培养一种爱好get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension得到/提取/领取退休金;靠退休金生活approach/save for/die from old age临近晚年;存钱养老;老死live to a ripe old age高寿reach the grand old age of 102/23 (oftenironic ) 活到 102/23 岁高龄(常作反语)be/become/be getting/be going senile (oftenironic ) 变得衰老(常作反语)die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness在睡梦中/患病不久(平静地)离开人世 |
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