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old age noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + OLD AGE | OLD-AGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEadvanced, extreme 高龄happy 美好的晚年◆She can look forward to a happy old age.她渴望度过一个幸福的晚年。lonely (especially BrE) 孤独的晚年◆fears about a lonely old age对孤独晚年的恐惧VERB + OLD AGElive to, reach, survive into, survive to 活到老年;长寿◆My grandparents survived into advanced old age.我的祖父母都活到了高龄。approach 接近暮年die of 年迈而终OLD-AGE + NOUNpension, pensioner (both BrE) 养老金;领取养老金者◆I'll soon be drawing my old-age pension.我很快就要领养老金了。PREPOSITIONin (your) old age 在(⋯的)老年◆Loss of hearing often occurs in old age.失聪是老年时经常发生的事。◆He took up golf in his old age.在晚年时他开始打高尔夫球。into old age 进入老年◆She was now well into old age.此时她年事已高。PHRASESthe grand old age of sth, the ripe old age of sth ⋯岁高龄◆She lived to the ripe old age of 98.她活到 98 岁的高龄。 |