| 单词 | age |
| 释义 | ageagesageage1 /eɪdʒ/ noun1[uncountable and countable] the number of years someone has lived or something has existed: games for children of all agesgamechildage适合任何年龄儿童玩的游戏Patrick is the same age as me.be帕特里克和我同岁。be 10/25 etc years of ageYou must be 18 years of age to enter.year年满18岁方可入内。at the age of 12/50 etcShe married at the age of 19.marry她十九岁结婚。over/under the age of 16/30 etcpeople over the age of 65六十五岁以上的人for your age (=compared with other people of the same age)Judy’s very tall for her age.以朱迪的年龄来说﹐她长得很高。(of) your own age (=the same age as you)He doesn’t have many friends his own age.friend他同龄的朋友不多。2[uncountable] the age when you are legally old enough to do somethingunder ageYou can’t buy alcohol, you’re under age. 你不能买酒﹐你还没到年龄。I went back to work when the children reached school age.gochildreach孩子们到了上学的年龄﹐我就又去上班了。 ➔ under-age3[uncountable and countable] a period in someone’s life: women of childbearing agewoman育龄妇女The teens are often a difficult age.teenbe十几岁往往是一个难对付的年龄段。4[countable] a period of history: the modern age现代age ofthe age of new technology新科技时代THESAURUS period5[uncountable] the state of being old: The building was already showing signs of age.buildbeshowsign这建筑已显出年深日久的迹象。with ageWine often improves with age (=as it gets older).improve葡萄酒往往是年深味更醇。6ages [plural] informal a long time: It’s ages since I saw him.agesee我很久没有见到他了。for agesI haven’t been there for ages.beage我很久没去那里了。Phrasescome of age1to reach the age when you are legally an adult: When he comes of age, we’ll have a special celebration.come到他成年的时候，我们要特别庆祝一下。2if something comes of age, people start to accept and respect it: The festival has finally come of age.have这个节日终于得到了认可。COLLOCATIONS: ageadjectivesan early/a young ageHe loved music from an early age.loveKids can start learning a second language at a young age.kidlearnold age (=the time when you are old)People don’t want to think about the problems of old age.problemmiddle age (=between about 40 and 60)I’d say she was in late middle age.bea great age (=when someone is very old)My aunt died at a great age.diethe same ageYou’re the same age as me.noun + ageworking ageLess than half the people of working age have jobs.littleworkjobretirement ageCan you continue working after you reach retirement age?workthe voting ageThe voting age is 18.votebeschool-leaving age British EnglishThere are plans to raise the school-leaving age.beplanleaveage + nounan age group/rangeThe books are aimed at the 12–16 age group.bookbeaim Most of our viewers are in the age range 18–35.viewerbean age limitThe upper age limit for the competition was 25.beverbsto reach the age of 5/50 etcMost girls here are married before they reach the age of 21.girlbemarryHe got a job as soon as he reached school-leaving age.getreachleaveto live to an ageShe lived to an amazingly advanced age.liveadvanceto look/feel your age (=to look or feel as old as you really are)The singer is 46, but she doesn’t look her age at all.beI keep getting aches in my legs and I’m starting to feel my age.getachelegstartto act your age (=to behave in the way that a person of your age should behave)It’s time he started acting his age.startactTHESAURUS: ageperiod a length of time: the Christmas periodstatues from the Roman periodstatueCats sleep for short periods.catperiodtime a period of years, months, days etc, when something happens: It was a time of great social change.beThis is a difficult time for all of us.beage a long period of time, especially a stage in the development of civilization or technology: We live in the age of the Internet.The temple dates from the Stone Age (= when people used tools made of stone).dateera a period in history, especially one that has a particular character, or that is just beginning or ending: the modern erathe Victorian eraa new era in US foreign policyThis is the end of an era.bethe Thatcher erathe post-war era |
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