elderly
英 ['eld?l?]
美['?ld?li]
- adj. 上了年紀的；過了中年的；稍老的
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英文詞源
- elderly (adj.)
- "bordering on old age, somewhat old," 1610s, from elder + -ly (1). Now, generally, "old." Old English ealdorlic meant "chief, princely, excellent, authentic." Old English also had related eldernliche "of old time," literally "forefatherly."
雙語例句
- 1. We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.
- 我們通常以為被攔路搶劫的受害者是老年人。
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- 2. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.
- 那輛失控的車猛沖到一條長椅上，撞傷了一對老夫婦。
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- 3. Some of those artillery pieces look a little elderly.
- 那些大炮中有些看起來有點老掉牙了。
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- 4. They feel they are interacting productively with elderly patients.
- 他們覺得和年長的病人進行互動頗有益處。
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- 5. The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.
- 老人們生活在對襲擊和謀殺的恐懼之中。
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