| 词组 | age |
| 释义 | 1． 在口语中，人们常常只用数字表示 “岁数”: The boy is five and the girl is six. I got married at 28． They've got a girl of 11． a preschool for the under-fives 2． 表示说years old 时，old 不能缺少: The bridge is thousands of years old. 3． 可以说 a -year-old 或 -year- olds; year 也可以换成 week， month 等: a 10-year-old car a group of 20-year-olds a 10-month-old boy a lively 25-year-old 4． years of age 主要用在正式场合或书面语中: They are 20 years of age. 5． 表示 “…… 岁不到 ( 或过头)”，可用 under 或 over: He is under 50． She is over 30． 6． 表示“大致年龄”时可以说: in his teens in her twenties in their early / middle / late thir- ties a very successful twenty-some- thing businessman The TV drama appeals to thirty- somethings. 7． 用 age 表示岁数时，常可以说: He is six years of age. I left the school at the age of 18． The two boys are of the same age. She could read by the age of five. The girl was aged 6． Their ages are 10 and 11． The ages of these elephants vary from 15 to 20 years. At his age，he might be expected to live on his own. People of all ages like the movie. child-bearing age school age working age What age are you? A boy aged 15 has been chosen to play the role. His face was wrinkled with age. His face has shown signs of age. 8． 表示“我 10 岁”，可以说: I am ten. I am ten years old. I am ten years of age. I am aged ten. I am aged ten years. My age is ten. My age is ten years. 9． 关于“岁数”，还有其他说法: He is small for his age. 他显得比实际岁数小。 a middle-aged man 一个中年人 a man in his green old age 童颜老人 in his old age 在他年老时 at a good old age 上了高龄 at an advanced age 高龄 in his advanced age 在他高龄时 in his full age 在他成年期 in middle age 在中年期 in his middle age 在他的中年期 She lived to a great age. 她活到高龄。 She lived to a ripe age. 她活到高龄。 He died at an early age. 他英年早逝。 a man ( of) about my age 与我年龄相仿的人 a man of twice my age 年龄比我大一倍的人 die at a noble age 活到很老才去世 die at a venerable age 活到很老才去世 10． 还可指其他事物的“年龄”: What's the age of the church? ( 教堂的岁数) The elephant died at a noble age. ( 动物的岁数) The value of the furniture depends on its age. ( 家具的年头) trees of unknown age ( 植物的年数) 10． 表示“很长时间”，可以说: I waited for an age. I waited for ages. I waited ages. I waited an age. He left ages ago. She took ages to open the door. He spent ages trying to complete the work. It's been ages since I visited the campus. For the first time in ages，the two countries reached a peace agree- ment. After what seemed ( like ) ages， the doctor arrived. 11． 可作后缀-age，构成名词: coinage coverage spoilage wreckage postage baggage breakage orphanage mileage carriage dotage hermitage marriage passage tillage tonnage vicarage village |
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