词组 | older |
释义 | elder • older - John is older than I am. (Not *elder than*) (we cannot use than after elder) - I know both buildings are very old, but which one is (the) older? (Not *elder*) (older, not *elder*, for things) - Who is the older/the elder? (i.e. of the two people) - My elder/older brother is a doctor. (we use elder in front of a noun with reference to people in a defined group, especially a family) |
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