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

• The elderly relative had died of old age.
  这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
• 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。
• In New China, care during childbirth, old age and illness, as well as burial arrangements, are all guaranteed for the labouring people.
  在新中国，劳动人民生老病死都有依靠。
• Old age disabled him for hard work.
  年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• His health degenerated with disease and old age.
  他的健康随着疾病和年老而衰退。
• But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age
  而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
• Incontinence is not just a condition of old age.
  大小便失禁不仅仅是一种老年病。