adj.年老的;年長的
名詞: elderliness
/">成人英語成人高考專升本單詞大全adj.(形容詞)上了年紀的,上了歲數的
年長的
老式的
過時的
較老的
過了中年的,中年以上的
年紀較大的
n.(名詞)(= the eldely) 老人,上了年紀的人
adj.(形容詞)上了年紀的,中年以上的 rather old; past middle age
elderly的翻譯
noun
1. people who are old collectively
e.g. special arrangements were available for the aged
Synonym: aged
elderly
adj
1. advanced in years
(`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
e.g. aged members of the society
elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
senior citizen
Synonym: agedoldersenior
1. 年長的;上年紀的
You use elderly as a polite way of saying that someone is old.
e.g. ...an elderly couple...
老夫婦
e.g. Many of those most affected are elderly.
受影響最大的人中很多都是上了年紀的。
2. 老式的;老掉牙的
If you describe an object as elderly, you are referring, often in a humorous way, to the fact that it is rather old or old-fashioned and not as good or efficient as a new one would be.
e.g. Some of those artillery pieces look a little elderly.
那些大炮中有些看起來有點老掉牙了。
1. 老年人:elastin 彈性蛋白 | elderly 老年人 | elementary school 小學
2. 稍老的:elder 年長者 | elderly 稍老的 | eldership 長輩
3. 老年的:middle -aged 中年的 | elderly 老年的 | old 老的
4. 年長的:elderly 年長的 | neighbor 鄰居 | puppy-eyes 可憐地
adj.(形容詞)elderly在句中主要用作定語,偶爾也可用作表語,無比較級和最高級。
elderly作定語形容詞時,一般不用于修飾人以外的其他事物,但在非正式語體中,也可以修飾物。
adj.(形容詞)elderly, aged, old
這三個詞均可指“年老的,年邁的”。其區別是:
old指年事已高,接近生命的終點; elderly指已過中年,意為“較老的,接近老年的”,常有尊敬和威嚴的意味。例如:
She was an elderly woman, perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年紀的女人,可能有60歲了。
aged指“年邁的”,含有體弱多病、老態龍鐘的意味。例如:
An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年邁的婦女坐在爐火旁,口中念念有詞。
以上就是本站詳細整理的詞語elderly是什么意思的翻譯解釋,供大家參考一下。
She does some voluntary work, caring for the elderly.(她干一些照顧老人的義務工作。)
Elderly people need time and compassion from their physicians.(老年人需要醫生的時間和同情心。)
Elderly people are not always resistant to change.(上了年紀的人并不總是抵制變革。)
Mothers with babies, the elderly, the disabled are all fair game.(有孩子的母親、老人、殘疾人都是合理的對象。)
In the next booth he could see an elderly lady, talking volubly.(在隔壁的電話亭里,他看見一個上了年紀的婦女在滔滔不絕地說著。)
An elderly man dressed in faded dungarees took the witness stand.(一位身著褪色工裝褲的老人站在了證人席上。)
An elderly man was found beaten to death.(有人發現一名老翁被打死了。)
Elderly people enjoy more time, and this can compensate for lower income.(老年人們享有更多的時間,這可以彌補他們較低的收入。)
She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.(她帶他們去探望她那些不茍言笑的表哥表姐們。)
The notice gives advice on protecting the eyesight of elderly people.(該通知提出了保護老年人視力的建議。)
用作形容詞(adj.)
The elderly man is quite energetic.The elderly inhabitants could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built.