old age

英 [ˌəʊld ˈeɪdʒ]

美 [ˌoʊld ˈeɪdʒ]

n.  老年; 暮年

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 老年；暮年
  the time of your life when you are old
  1. Old age can bring many problems.
     人老麻烦多。
  2. He lived alone in his old age .
     他孑然一身度过晚年。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 老年；晚年
  Yourold ageis the period of years towards the end of your life.
  1. They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age...
     他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
  2. In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
     这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
• N-UNCOUNT 老龄；衰老；垂暮
  Old ageis the quality or state of being old and near the end of one's life.
  1. In Britain today we tend to consider old age as a social problem...
     在当今英国我们往往将老龄视为社会问题。
  2. He is unable to travel much because of old age.
     他年事已高，不能频繁出游。

英英释义

noun

• a late time of life
  1. old age is not for sissies
  2. he's showing his years
  3. age hasn't slowed him down at all
  4. a beard white with eld
  5. on the brink of geezerhood
  Synonym:yearsageeldgeezerhood

双语例句

• How well off you are in old age is largely determined by race, sex, and marital status.
  老年生活的幸福程度在很大程度上取决于种族、性别以及婚姻状况。
• The elderly relative had died of old age.
  这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
• I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time
  我告诉路易，一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。
• In her old age, my aunt had contracted a strong friendship with a retired sea-captain.
  我姨妈在老年时和一个退休了的船长结下了深厚的友谊。
• These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.
  这些人似乎以为自己读了几本关于老年人的书就可以算作专家了。
• The deceased died of old age.
  已故者死于年迈。
• He is laying aside [ laying by] money for his old age.
  他在积储钱以备晚年之用。
• They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age
  他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
• He saved money against old age.
  他攒钱防老。
• Old age disabled him for hard work.
  年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。