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age noun 1how old sb/sth is 年龄 ➡ see also old age ADJECTIVE | VERB + AGE | AGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEearly, tender, young 早年；幼年；童年◆He was sent away to school at an early age.他很小就被送去上学。advanced, great, old, ripe 高龄；老年◆He was still active even at the advanced age of 87.他 87 岁高龄时仍十分活跃。◆White hair is a sign of great age.白发是年老的标志。◆She dreaded old age.她怕变老。advancing, increasing 不断增加的年岁middle, third (BrE) 中年；第三时期（介于中年和老年之间）◆a pleasant woman in early middle age一个和蔼可亲的刚到中年的妇女childbearing, pensionable (BrE) , retirement, school, school-leaving (BrE) 生育／领取养老金的／退休／入学／中学毕业年龄◆children of school age学龄儿童drinking, voting, working 可饮酒／选举／工作年龄mental, reading (especially BrE) 心理／阅读年龄VERB + AGEattain, get to, live to, reach 年届⋯；活到⋯年龄；达到⋯年龄◆When you get to my age you get a different perspective on life.你到我这个年纪时就会对人生有不同的看法。◆She lived to the age of 75.她活到了 75 岁。act, feel, look 做与年龄相符的事；感到上年纪；看上去有⋯年龄◆Act your age!别没大没小的！◆She was beginning to feel her age (= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己正在老去。lower, raise 降低／提高⋯年龄◆The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years.选举年龄从 21 岁降到了 18 岁。AGE + NOUNgroup, range 年龄组；年龄范围limit 年龄限制PREPOSITIONat a/the age 在某一年龄◆At your age I had already started work.我像你这么大的时候已经开始工作了。between the ages 在⋯年龄之间◆children between the ages of five and eleven5 到 11 岁的儿童by the age 到⋯年龄◆He could read by the age of four.他 4 岁就能认字了。for sb's age 以某人的年龄来说◆He's quite a big boy for his age.以他的年龄来说，他个子算大了。over (the) age 超过⋯年龄◆Twelve million people are over retirement age.1,200 万人过了退休年龄。under age 未到法定年龄的◆It is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under age (= not legally old enough).向未到法定年龄的孩子售酒是非法的。under the age 不足⋯年龄◆It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the age of 18.向未满 18 岁的孩子售酒是非法的。with age 随着年头的增加◆A lot of wines improve with age.许多葡萄酒年头越长，味道越好。age of ⋯岁◆He left school at the age of 18.他 18 岁时毕业离校了。PHRASESthe age of consent （对性行为可以自主的）同意年龄，承诺年龄◆The general age of consent for sexual activity is 16.性行为的同意年龄通常为 16 岁。sb's own age 和某人年龄相当◆She needs a friend of her own age to play with.她需要一个同龄人一起玩。years of age ⋯岁◆He's 20 years of age.他 20 岁。 |