age
age
age¹ / edʒ ; eɪdʒ /
◙noun
1. HOW OLD 年龄; 年代, [C,U] the number of years someone has lived or something has existed
• 年龄; 存在时间:
»Francis is the same age as me.
弗朗西斯和我同年。
»Experts disagree over the age of the drawings.
专家对这些画作的年代意见不统一。
»Dad retiredat the age of56.
爸爸 56 岁退休。
»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/你等的年纪
»At my age, it's quite difficult getting up stairs.
到我这年纪，上楼就很费劲了。
»at / from an early age ( = at or from the time when someone is very young )
很年轻的时候; 很小的时候
»girls who become mothers at an early age
小小年纪就做母亲的女孩子
»over / under the age of 5 / 18 etc
»people over the age of 65
65 岁以上的人
»of his / her etc own age ( = of the same age as him, her etc )
与他/她等同岁
»Kids need friends of their own age to play with.
小孩子需要和同龄的朋友一起玩。
»for his / her etc age ( = compared with other people of the same age )
对于他/她等这个年纪来说
»She's tall for her age, isn't she?
相对于她的年龄，她算高的，是不是？
»act your age ( = behave in a way that is suitable for how old you are )
行为和年龄相称
»It's time you started acting your age, Jeff.
是时候做与你年龄相称的事了，杰夫。
»My motherreached the age of90 (=lived until she was 90) .
母亲活到了 90 岁。
»childrenranging in agefrom 6 to 17
6 至 17 岁的孩子
2. LEGAL AGE 法定年龄, [U] the age when you are legally old enough to do something
• 法定年龄:
»What'sthe minimum agefor getting a driver's license?
取得驾驶执照的最小年龄是多少？
»You're not allowed to buy alcohol. You'reunder age(=too young by law) .
你年纪太小，不可以买酒。
»retirement / pension age ( = when you are old enough to stop working or receive a pension )
退休/领养老金的年龄
»the normal retirement age of 65
65 岁正常的退休年龄
3. PERIOD OF LIFE 人生中的阶段, [C,U] one of the particular periods of someone's life
• 年龄段;
--› old age , middle age , teenage :
»women of childbearing age
育龄妇女
»a difficult / awkward age
»The early teens are often a difficult age.
10 岁出头往往是个麻烦的年龄。
4. BEING OLD 年老; 陈旧, [U] the state of being old
• 年老; 陈旧:
»with age
»High blood pressure increases with age.
年纪增大，高血压会更厉害。
»Some of the furniture wasshowingsigns ofage.
有些家具已显陈旧。
5. PERIOD OF HISTORY 历史阶段, [C usually singular] a particular period of history
• 时代，世代:
»We are living in the age of technology.
我们生活在科技时代。
»Molecular biology is pushing medicine into anew age.
分子生物学正在将医学推向一个新世代。
»the computer / industrial / nuclear etc age
计算机/工业/核等时代;
--› see in this day and age at DAY (6)
--› see BRONZE AGE , IRON AGE , MIDDLE AGES , STONE AGE
6. ages, [pl.] also an age [informal especially BrE] a long time
• 长时间:
»Simon! I haven't seen youfor ages.
西蒙！我已经好久没有见到你了。
»That recipetakes ages.
那道菜要忙半天才能做出来。
»it's ages since / before / until etc sthIt's ages since we've played that game.
我们已经好久没有玩过那种游戏了。
7. come of age
a. to reach the age when you are legally considered to be a responsible adult
• 到达法定年龄; 成年
b. if something comes of age, it reaches a stage of development at which people accept it as being important, valuable etc
• 到达成熟时期:
»During this period the movies really came of age as an art form.
这个时期电影真正发展成熟，成为一种艺术形式。
--› see NEW AGE ¹ , NEW AGE ²
age²
◙verb (present participle agingor ageing)
1. to start looking older or to make someone or something look older
• （使）变老:
»He was worried to see how much she'd aged.
看到她苍老了许多，他很担心。
»The experience had aged him in advance of his years.
那些经历使他显得比实际年龄衰老。
2. [I] to become older
• 老化，变陈旧:
»The buildings are ageing, and some are unsafe.
这些建筑已很陈旧，有些还不安全。
3. [I,T] to improve and develop in taste over a period of time, or to allow food or alcohol to do this
• （使）成熟，（使）味道变醇厚:
»Cheddar cheese ages well.
切达干酪熟化得很好。
»The whisky is aged for at least ten years.
那种威士忌至少要搁十年才放陈。
