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

• He is unable to travel much because of old age.
  他年事已高，不能频繁出游。
• He saved money against old age.
  他攒钱防老。
• In his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.
  他晚年成了一个艺术赞助人。
• 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。
• I never dreamt that I would spend my old age in such comfort and happiness.
  我做梦也没想到我能过这样舒适幸福的晚年。
• The elderly relative had died of old age.
  这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
• Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
  玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。
• 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。
• Old age disabled him for hard work.
  年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。
• 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。