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风烛残年的英文翻译
基本释义
参考释义
- 风烛残年 [fēng zhú cán nián]
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- The declining age is like a candle in the wind.; old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind.; short time left for aged people; the decline of life; when life is burning low (in one) like the candle before the wind
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风烛残年的用法和样例:
例句
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他年纪太大了,不能去滑雪,他已是风烛残年了。
He's much too old to go skiing; he's got one foot in the grave!