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

• He saved money against old age.
  他攒钱防老。
• 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。
• He is laying aside [ laying by] money for his old age.
  他在积储钱以备晚年之用。
• 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？
• The deceased died of old age.
  已故者死于年迈。
• Now's the time to salt something away for your old age.
  现在是你储存点东西防老的时候了。
• The elderly relative had died of old age.
  这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
• 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 his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.
  他晚年成了一个艺术赞助人。
• The old man spent his old age in contentment.
  那位老人晚年过得很称心。