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标签:s1 w1(口语中常见的1000个单词之一,书面语中常见的1000个单词之一)
1、年龄,存在时间(how old)
Francis is the same age as me.
佛朗西斯和我同岁。
Experts disagree over the age of the
drawings.
专家对这些画作的年代意见不统一。
Dad retired at the age of 56.
爸爸是在56岁时退休的。
At age 5/18 etc
In Britain,schooling starts at age 5.
在英国入学年龄是5岁
4/15 etc years of age(=4,15 etc years old)
4岁、15岁等
She was just over 16 years of age.
她刚过16岁。
At my/your etc age(=when you are as old as
me etc)在我/你等这个年纪
At my age ,it’s quite difficult getting up
the stairs.
到我这年纪,上楼梯就很费劲了。
For his/her etc age(=compared with other
people of the same age) 对于她/他等这个年纪来说
She’s tall for her age,isn’t she?
以她的年龄来说,她算高的,是不是?
语体:
In everyday English,people usually use the
expression how old...?rather than using the noun age.
在日常英语中,人们一般用how old...?提问,而不用名词age:
What age is your brother?_how old is your
brother? 你弟弟多大年纪?
They asked me my age.-they asked me how old
I was. 他们问我多大年纪。
2、法定年龄
What’s the minimum age for getting a driver’s
license?
取得驾驶执照的最小年龄是多少?
3、人生中的阶段(年龄段)
When you get to old age,everything seems to
take longer.
人到中年,好像做什么事都慢。
The early teens are often a difficult age.
十三四岁往往是个麻烦的年龄。
4、年老,陈旧
Some of the furniture was showing signs of
age.
有些家具已显陈旧。
5、历史阶段(时代、世代)
We are living in the age of technology.
我们生活在科技时代。
Old age(=the time when you are old)老年
Middle age(=between about 40 and 60)中年
He was in late middle age.他年近60.
A great/advanced age(=a very old age ) 高龄,高寿
A difficult age 麻烦的年龄,主要指青少年时期
Legal age 法定年龄
The marrying age 结婚年龄