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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
  上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。
• He saved money against old age.
  他攒钱防老。
• 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？
• 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。
• I never dreamt that I would spend my old age in such comfort and happiness.
  我做梦也没想到我能过这样舒适幸福的晚年。
• 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。