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

• The elderly relative had died of old age.
  这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
• I want a mile peace, a little quiet and tranquillity for my old age.
  我上年纪了，需要一点和平，一点安了和平静。
• Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
  玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。
• Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
  上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。
• Old age disabled him for hard work.
  年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。
• 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。
• His health degenerated with disease and old age.
  他的健康随着疾病和年老而衰退。
• Life often seems to be marked off into different periods; schooldays, marriage, old age.
  生命似乎分为三个不同时期：学生时代，结婚，老年。
• 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。
• The old man spent his old age in contentment.
  那位老人晚年过得很称心。