elderly

  常用词汇  
['eldəli]     ['eldərli]    
  • adj. 年老的;年长的
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elderly的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

详尽释义

adj. (形容词)
  1. 上了年纪的,上了岁数的
  2. 年长的
  3. 老式的
  4. 过时的
  5. 较老的
  6. 过了中年的,中年以上的
  7. 年纪较大的
n. (名词)
  1. (= the eldely) 老人,上了年纪的人

双解释义

adj. (形容词)
  1. 上了年纪的,中年以上的 rather old; past middle age

英英释义

Noun:
  1. people who are old collectively;

    "special arrangements were available for the aged"

Adjective:
  1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);

    "aged members of the society"
    "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"
    "senior citizen"

elderly的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man.
    歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。
  2. Many elderly people live an idle life.
    许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。
  3. I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me.
    感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。
  4. In the presence of elderly visitors our son was a model of decorum.
    我们的儿子在来访的长辈面前彬彬有礼。
  5. He handed the elderly woman across the street.
    他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语 ~+ n.
  1. The elderly man is quite energetic.
    这位上了年纪的老人仍精力充沛。
  2. He is an elderly man, about sixty.
    他是个年约60岁的老人。
  3. There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train.
    火车上有几个中年以上的妇女。
  4. This is the elderly hotel.
    这是家老字号旅馆。
用作表语 S+be+~
  1. He is getting elderly.
    他逐渐变老了。

词汇搭配

经典引文

  • The elderly inhabitants could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built.

    出自: Ld Macaulay

elderly的详细讲解:

词语用法

adj. (形容词)
  1. elderly在句中主要用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语,无比较级和最高级。
  2. elderly作定语形容词时,一般不用于修饰人以外的其他事物,但在非正式语体中,也可以修饰物。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)
elderly, aged, old
  • 这三个词均可指“年老的,年迈的”。其区别是:
  • old指年事已高,接近生命的终点; elderly指已过中年,意为“较老的,接近老年的”,常有尊敬和威严的意味。例如:
  • She was an elderly woman, perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年纪的女人,可能有60岁了。
  • aged指“年迈的”,含有体弱多病、老态龙钟的意味。例如:
  • An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年迈的妇女坐在炉火旁,口中念念有词。
  • elderly, elder
  • 这两个词的区别是:elder表示“年龄较大的”“年长的”,指相对于某人或某事来说年龄比较大; elderly表示“上了年纪的”“过了中年的”,是绝对意义上的年纪较大。例如:
  • She is my elder daughter.她是我的大女儿。
  • He's very active for an elderly man.按老年人来说,他非常活跃。
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