age

n

• ① 年龄
  • He died at the age of fifty.他五十岁时去世。
  • He is eighty years of age.他八十岁(★一般用 He is eighty years old.)。
  • What is your age?你多大年纪?(★一般用 How old are you?)
  • What ages are your children?－"Their ages are 8, 5, and 3."「你的孩子们几岁?」「他们是八岁、五岁和三岁」
  • She lived to a great age.她活到高龄。
  • the age of consent【法律】承诺年龄(有关女子作婚姻承诺的法定年龄)

• ② 1成年(=full age)(满二十一岁)2老年;晚年;长寿(=old age)(通常为六十五岁以上)3老年人(←→youth)
  • be [come] of age(达到)成年
  • over [under] age超过[未到]限定年龄
  • She cannot start school yet; she is under age.她还不能入学;她未足龄[未达就学年龄]。
  • Her face was wrinkled with age.她的脸因年老而起绉。

• ③ 1寿命,一生(=lifetime)2(人生的)某一时期
  • the age of man人类的寿命
  • middle [old] age中年[老年](时期)
  • He is a man of middle age.他是中年人(★一般用 He is a middle-aged man.)。

• ④[常作 Age]时代;世代(=generation);(历史上的)某一时期
  • He was the greatest poet of the age.他是那个时代最伟大的诗人。
  • the spirit of an age时代精神
  • the Victorian Age维多利亚王朝时期(1837-1901)
  • the Middle Ages中世纪(500-1450)
  • the Stone [Bronze, Iron] Age【考古】石器[青铜器、铁器]时代(藉用具表示人类进化的阶段)
  • the atomic age原子时代
  • the Space Age太空时代

• ⑤[常用复数形]某一时代的人们
  • We must plan for the ages to come.我们必须为将来的人计划。
  • ages yet unborn后世的人

• ⑥ 【口】长时间,久(=long time)
  • ages ago很久很久以前
  • I haven't seen you for ages [an age].=It is ages [an age] since I saw you last.好久好久不见了。