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

• Incontinence is not just a condition of old age.
  大小便失禁不仅仅是一种老年病。
• I want a mile peace, a little quiet and tranquillity for my old age.
  我上年纪了，需要一点和平，一点安了和平静。
• Life often seems to be marked off into different periods; schooldays, marriage, old age.
  生命似乎分为三个不同时期：学生时代，结婚，老年。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do you look forward to old age, or do you dread frailty, loss of memory and dependence on others?
  你是期望变老，还是害怕自己年迈体衰、记忆减退，而且还要依赖他人？
• Old age disabled him for hard work.
  年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。
• 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。
• The deceased died of old age.
  已故者死于年迈。
• 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。