| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | nounverb🔑 ageBrE /eɪdʒ/ NAmE /eɪdʒ/ noun 🔑 [C , U ]the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed 年龄◆ He left school at the age of 18 . 他 18 岁读完中学。◆ She needs more friends of her own age . 她需要更多的同龄朋友。◆ children from 5–10 years of age 5 至 10 岁的儿童◆ Young people of all ages go there to meet . 不同年龄的年轻人都去那里聚会。◆ When I was your age I was already married . 我在你这个年纪时已经结婚了。◆ He started playing the piano at an early age . 他幼年开始弹钢琴。◆ All ages admitted . 不限年龄均可入内。◆ Children over the age of 12 must pay full fare . 12 岁以上儿童须购全票。◆ She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old ). 她开始感到自己上年纪了。◆ He was tall for his age (= taller than you would expect , considering his age ). 以他的年龄，他算高个子。◆ There's a big age gap between them (= a big difference in their ages ). 他们的年龄相差很大。◆ ways of calculating the age of the earth 计算地球年龄的方法adolescent , age , elderly , generation , infant , juvenile , middle-aged , minor , teenage , young 🔑 [U , C ]a particular period of a person's life 年龄段◆ middle age 中年◆ 15 is an awkward age .15 岁是个尴尬的年纪。◆ He died of old age . 他终其天年。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 ➡ see also third age🔑 [C ]a particular period of history （历史上的）时代，时期◆ the nuclear age 核时代◆ the age of the computer 计算机时代 ➡ see also Bronze Age, Iron Age, New Age, Stone Age🔑 [U ]the state of being old 老年；陈年；破旧；老化◆ Wine improves with age . 陈酒味浓。◆ The jacket was showing signs of age . 这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。◆ the wisdom that comes with age 随着年龄而增加的智慧🔑 ages [pl. ] (also an age [sing. ]) (informal , especiallyBrE ) a very long time 很长时间◆ I waited for ages . 我等了好长时间。◆ It'll probably take ages to find a parking space . 大概得老半天才能找到停车位。◆ Carlos left ages ago . 卡洛斯老早就离开了。◆ It's been an age since we've seen them . 我们有很长一段时间没有见到他们了。[C ](geology地质学) a length of time which is a division of an epoch期 ● ˌbe /ˌact your ˈage to behave in a way that is suitable for sb of your age and not as though you were much younger 行为和年龄相称；举止不再有孩子气● ˌcome of ˈage when a person comes of age , they reach the age when they have an adult's legal rights and responsibilities 成年；达到法定年龄 ➡ see also coming of ageif sth comes of age , it reaches the stage of development at which people accept and value it 成熟；发达● ˌlook your ˈage to seem as old as you really are and not younger or older 容貌与年龄相当● ˌunder ˈage not legally old enough to do a particular thing 未到法定年龄◆ It is illegal to sell cigarettes to children who are under age . 售香烟给未到法定年龄的孩子是非法的。 ➡ see also underage● of advanced ˈyears ● sb's advanced ˈage used in polite expressions to describe sb as 'very old' 高龄；年事已高◆ He was a man of advanced years . 他年事已高。◆ (humorous ) Even at my advanced age I still know how to enjoy myself ! 我虽说是黄昏暮年，也还懂得如何找乐儿！● of a certain ˈage if you talk about a person being of a certain age , you mean that they are no longer young but not yet old 不算年轻的；年纪不轻的；中年的◆ The show appeals to an audience of a certain age . 这个节目中年观众感兴趣。● in ˈthis day and age now , in the modern world 当代；当今；在今天这个时代● ˌfeel your ˈage to realize that you are getting old , especially compared with people you are with who are younger than you （尤指与较年轻者比）感到自己上年纪了，意识到自己老了● a /the ˌgrand old ˈage (of… )a great age 高龄◆ She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70 . 她终于在 70 岁高龄学会了开车。● a /the ripe old age (of… )an age that is considered to be very old （…的）高龄◆ He lived to the ripe old age of 91 . 他活到了 91 岁的高龄。🔑 ageBrE /eɪdʒ/ NAmE /eɪdʒ/ verb present simple - I / you / we / they age BrE /eɪdʒ/ NAmE /eɪdʒ/ present simple - he / she / it ages BrE /ˈeɪdʒɪz/ NAmE /ˈeɪdʒɪz/ past simple aged BrE /eɪdʒd/ NAmE /eɪdʒd/ past participle aged BrE /eɪdʒd/ NAmE /eɪdʒd/ -ing form aging BrE /ˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ HELPIn BrE the present participle can also be spelled age·ing .英式英语中，现在分词也可拼作 ageing。[I ]to become older 变老◆ As he aged , his memory got worse . 他随着年事增高，记忆力就变差了。◆ The population is aging (= more people are living longer ). 人口正在老龄化。[T ]to make sb /sth look , feel or seem older 使显老；使变老；使苍老◆ ~sb The shock has aged her . 这次打击让她显得苍老了。◆ ~sth Exposure to the sun ages the skin . 太阳暴晒会使皮肤衰老。[I , T ]to develop in flavour over a period of time ; to allow sth to do this （使）成熟，变陈SYN mature◆ The cheese is left to age for at least a year . 这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。◆ ~sth The wine is aged in oak casks . 这种酒是用栎木酒桶放陈的。 |
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