older
adj. 年长的
例句与用法:
The manager urged older staff to take up early retirement.
经理敦促年纪较大的职员提前退休。
Her groom was much older than she was.
她的新郎比她大很多。
The older man has gypsy lore.
那个老者有吉卜赛人的学问。
He was bullied by the older boys at school.
他在学校里受到大孩子的欺负。
Knowledge of self increases as one gets older.
随着年岁的增长,人们的自我认识也不断加深。
The babies are left with the older women in the nurseries.
婴儿都交给了托儿所较年长的妇女来照看。
He has a fixation on older women.
他对于年长的女人有病态的依恋。
A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season, especially a young male fur seal kept from the breeding territory by older males.
尚未交配的小雄兽在繁殖季节中未交配的雄性动物,特别指被较年长的雄性拒于交配领地之外的年轻的雄性海豹
older
形容词 older:
advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
同义词:aged, elderly, senior
used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
同义词:elder, sr.
old in experience
同义词:old
形容词 old:
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
同义词:old
of long duration; not new
同义词:old
(used for emphasis) very familiar
同义词:old
just preceding something else in time or order
同义词:previous, old
of a very early stage in development
同义词:Old
old in experience
同义词:old
belonging to some prior time
同义词:erstwhile, former, old, onetime, quondam, sometime
(used informally especially for emphasis)
同义词:honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough
older
■A humane society always does well by its old people.
一个仁慈的社会对待老人总是很好。
■The gang jumped an old woman in the subway.
一伙歹徒在地下人行道突然袭击一老妇人。
■An old man in shabby clothes come to the door.
一位衣衫褴褛的老人来到门前。
■Flakes of rust are falling from the old iron pan.
一片片的锈从旧铁锅上落下。
■An old jeep is putter along the road.
一辆旧吉普车沿路迤逦而来。
■The shop is having a sale to clear old stock.
为出售存货商店正在减价甩卖。
■The argument woke old rivalries.
争论又激起了旧怨。
■Heavy traffic poses a problem in many old towns.
交通拥挤是许多旧城镇的难题。
■Tennis loses its relish when one gets old.
人老了就觉得打网球没意思了。
■A breakaway group within the old political party formed a new one.
从那个旧政党中分裂出去的一派又组成了一个新政党。
■They are quarrying in old manuscripts.
他们正在旧手稿中寻找资料。
■He has dotage because of old age.
他因年老而糊里糊涂。
■He was bullied by the older boys at school.
他在学校里受到大孩子的欺负。
■He ran into an old flame of his at the supermarket.
他在超级市场碰见了他的一个老相好。
■He is raking through old records for information.
他在过去的记录中找寻资料。
■He has a fixation on older women.
他对于年长的女人有病态的依恋。
■He's already outgrown his older brother.
他已长得比哥哥还高。
■He enlisted as a soldier in the army as soon as he was old enough.
他年龄一到就入伍当兵了。
■Old age and infirmity have begin to catch up with him.
他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。
■He frightened the old man into giving him all the money.
他恐吓那位老人把所有的钱都给了他。
■He thinks to come a trick over his old pal.
他想跟他的老朋友开个玩笑。
■He traded an old bicycle in for a new one.
他把那旧的自行车折价换了一辆新的。
■He refused to break bread with his old enemy.
他拒绝与他昔日仇人共餐。
■He is a great guy, a chip off the old block.
他是一位好人,就像他父亲一样。
■He's a crusty old gentleman who feeds stray dogs and cats.
他是个令人生畏的老绅士,常喂食离群的狗和猫。
■He is a chivalrous old gentleman.
他是个彬彬有礼的老绅士。
■He was an old man who wore thick glasses.
他是个戴着厚厚眼镜的老头。
■He is a tramp in shabby old clothes.
他是个衣衫褴褛的流浪者。
■He yearned for a sight of the old, familiar faces.
他渴望一见那些熟悉的老面孔。
■His old woman really beat the drum last night.
他的老婆昨晚着实太吵大嚷了一场。
■He wears an oily old pair of jeans.
他穿着一条沾满油污的旧牛仔裤。
■He has planned to lacquer the old table.
他计划给旧桌子上一层漆。
■He is better suited to a job with older pupils.
他较适合教小学高年级学生。
■He leafed through the old news-paper files.
他迅速翻阅了旧报纸的合订本。
■He's surprisingly sprightly for an old man.
他这把年纪了,还这麽精神,真了不起。
■He invited me to his home to talk over old times.
他邀我到他家里去聊聊过去的事。
■He played the piano less and less as he grew older.
他随著年龄的增长,弹钢琴的次数越来越少了。
■He bobbed the poor old woman out of her savings.
他骗走了那位可怜老妇人的积蓄。
■How old are you? I am twelve (years old).
你几岁?我十二岁。
■You're nothing but an old grouch!
你就是个爱发牢骚的老家伙!
■The game will lose its relish when you grow old.
你年纪大了以后,就会发现这种游戏的趣味大打折扣了。
■How old is your sister? She is thirteen years old.
你的姊妹几岁?她十三岁。
■Public opinion was against the old feudal system.
公众舆论反对旧的封建制度。
■The Army is auctioning off a lot of old equipment.
军队正在把大量旧装备拍卖掉。
■The doctor said the old man's condition was hopeless.
医生说这位老人的病是没有希望的了。
■May I be so bold as to ask how old you are?
可否冒昧问一下您多大年纪?
■In the old society we never knew real security.
在旧社会我们的生活从来没有真正的保障。
■In the old ages, lepers were often put into fire.
在过去,麻疯病患者经常被扔进大火中烧死。
■The old man sat on the park bench look familiar.
坐在公园长椅上的那个老人看上去很面熟。
■Seth really took it hard when his old dog died.
塞思的那条老狗死的时候,他确实怏怏不乐。