elderly 核心词议:
adj. 上了年纪的;老掉牙的
n. 老人(the elderly)
elderly 基本解释
adj. 上了年纪的;过了中年的;较老的
n. 老人
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词根词缀法
词根:elder
adj.
elder年长的;年龄较大的;资格老的
n.
elder老人;长辈;年长者;父辈
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词语辨析
elderly,aged,old
这三个词均可指“年老的,年迈的”。其区别是:
old指年事已高,接近生命的终点;
elderly指已过中年,意为“较老的,接近老年的”,常有尊敬和威严的意味。
例如:She was an elderly woman,perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年纪的女人,可能有60岁了。
aged指“年迈的”,含有体弱多病、老态龙钟的意味。
例如:An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年迈的妇女坐在炉火旁,口中念念有词。
重要短语
elderly persons priority scheme共享颐年优先配屋计划
中文词源
中文词源:
elderly
精选例句
1、 The elderly residents (居民) in care homes in London are being given hens to look after to stop them feeling lonely.
居住在伦敦养老中心的老人们会收到一些母鸡,(老人们)负责照顾这些动物,以至于不会那么孤独。
2、 Some people live with their elderly parents; many more adult children are returning to the family home, if they ever left.
有些人和年迈的父母住在一起;越来越多的成年子女正在回到家中,如果他们曾经离开过。[机器自动翻译,如有错误,感谢纠错]
1、 Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation.
受过高等教育的人的工资急剧上升,这些人在老年时继续获得丰厚的回报,因为如今受过教育的老年人比上一代人更有生产力。
1、 Present budget policies tax parents heavily to support the elderly.
目前的预算政策对父母课以重税以赡养老人。
常见考点例句:
- Many private firms provide long-term care for the elderly .
- 许多私营公司为老人提供长期保健服务。
- The elderly vote in greater numbers than the young .
- 年长者比年轻人更多的参与了投票。
- Elderly evacuees have reclaimed their homes .
- 上了年纪的疏散者也回到了自己的故乡。
- Predictably it is elderly farmers , doctors and small businessmen who are most against it .
- 可以预见这将受到年长的农民、医生和小企业家的极力反对。
- Asks an elderly tomato seller .
- 一位卖西红柿的老人问我。