middle age

英 [ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒ]

美 [ˌmɪdl ˈeɪdʒ]

n.  中年(45岁到60岁左右)

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 中年（45岁到60岁左右）
  the period of your life when you are neither young nor old, between the ages of about 45 and 60
  1. a pleasant woman in early/late middle age
     刚到中年的 / 接近老年的亲切和蔼的女人

英英释义

noun

• the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)

双语例句

• Changing one's career at middle age is a serious decision to make.
  中年改变职业是个很严肃的决定。
• Some of the diseases of middle age may be prevented by improving nutrition.
  中年时期的一些疾病可以通过改善营养的方式来预防。
• Many believe that men go through a midlife crisis when they are in middle age.
  许多人认为男人一到了中年就会有”中年危机“。
• Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurse.
  妻子是一个男人年轻时的情人，中年时的伴侣；老年时的保姆。
• Things change markedly, though, as people enter middle age.
  但人到中年后情况发生了显著变化。
• He is a man past middle age.
  他是一个过了中年的人。
• Our study suggests that heavy smoking in middle age increases the risk of both Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia for men and women across different race groups.
  我们的研究提示中年时期大量吸烟增加不同种族组男性和女性的阿尔茨海默氏病和血管性痴呆风险。
• The lines of late middle age in his face.
  他脸上那一道道人过中年的皱纹。
• I am sitting on the cusp of middle age
  我将步入中年。
• Ernest was now a man of middle age.
  而恩尼斯特现在也迈入中年了。