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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