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词组 elder
释义 ,older
两词都有“年长的”含义。
1. elder 只能用来形容人:
She is my elder sister.
2. elder 不能用于比较级中,下面的例句是错的:
He is elder than she.
3. elder 的比较级可在其前面加定冠词和后面跟介词 of 的办法来解决,下面的例句是对的:
He is the elder of the two. 他是两人中较年长的一位。
4. 用 elder 形容“年长几岁”时,可以说:
She is my elder by three.
She is a woman three years my
elder.
5. older 既可形容人又可形容物,还可以用于比较句中:
He is older than his cousin.
This house is older than that one.
6. 说谁 “…… 人几岁”用 old,不用
elder:
He is twenty years old.
7. an elder statesman 不是“年老的政治家”,而是“有丰富经验、受人尊敬的政治家”。
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