Age
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n. 年齡;時代;老年;年齡段;
vt.& vi. （使）長大;使顯老;使變老;使蒼老;
vi. [化學]老化;陳化，熟化;（吸毒者隨年齡增長而主動）戒毒，戒除毒品;
vt. [化學]使老化;使陳化;使熟化;估計，推測（馬的年齡）;
?? 例句
Bob comes of age next week.
鮑勃下周到達法定年齡。
The whisky has aged for twenty-five years.
這種威士忌酒已存放了二十五年了。
Neither of us is sensitive about age.
你知道我們兩個人都不注重年齡。
It is therefore essential to know the age distribution in the population.
所以，了解在該種群中的年齡組配狀況是很重要的。
The distiller has aged all his whisky for more than ten years.
制酒師把全部威士忌酒存放了十多年。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ age-年紀,rage-發怒:上了年紀的人不宜發怒
※ age-年齡,sage圣人:隨著年齡的增長,人會變成圣人
※ a-拼音“阿”,ge-拼音“哥”:阿哥的年齡還很小,他才上初中
? 同義詞
?? 反義詞
?? 牛津釋義
age
n
1 [C, U] length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed 人所生活的或事物所存在的期間; 年齡; 年歲; 年紀; 壽命
What age is he? 他多大年紀?
He's six years of age/six years old. 他六歲.
Their ages are two and ten. 他們的年齡是一個兩歲, 一個十歲.
At what age did she retire? 她多少歲退休的?
I left school at the age of 18. 我中學畢業時18歲.
When I was your age... 當我像你這樣年紀時...
We have a son your age. 我們有個兒子和你同歲.
He lived to a great age. 他活到很大年紀.
Geologists have calculated the age of the earth. 地質學家已經計算出了地球的年齡.
[attrib 作定語]
Anyone can enter the contest there's no age limit, ie no one will be regarded as too old or too young. 任何人均可參加競賽--無年齡限制. =>App 4 見附錄4.
2 [U] latter part of life; old age 生命的後期; 老年; 晚年
the wisdom that comes with age 因年老而積累的智慧
His face was wrinkled with age. 他的臉因蒼老而起皺.
Fine wine improves with age. 美酒陳年味更醇. Cf 參看 youth 1, 2.
3 [C] period of history with special characteristics or events （具有某種特徵或特殊事件的）歷史時期; 時代
the Elizabethan Age, ie the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England 伊麗莎白時代（英國女王伊麗莎白一世的時代）
the modern age, the nuclear age, the age of the microchip 現代, 核子時代, 微晶片時代.
4 [C usu pl 通常作復數]
(infml 口) very long time 極長的時間; 很久
I waited (for) ages/an age. 我等候很久了.
It took (us) ages to find a place to park. （我們）找了好半天才找到個停車的地方.
5 (idm 習語) the age/years of discretion => discretion. at a tender age/of tender age => tender1. the awkward age => awkward. ,be/,come of `age reach the age at which one has an adult's legal rights and obligations 成年; 達到法定年齡. ,be your `age (infml 口) (esp imperative 尤用於祈使語氣) behave as sb of your age should and not as though you were much younger 年紀不小了（舉止應與你年紀相稱, 不要裝成更小的樣子）. feel one's age => feel. in this day and age => day. ,look one's `age seem as old as one really is 容貌與年齡相稱
She doesn't look her age at all, ie appears much younger than she really is. 她一點兒也不像那么大年紀（顯得年輕得多）. (be) of an `age having reached an age when one should do sth 達到該做某事的年齡
He's of an age when he ought to settle down. 他已經到了應該安頓下來的年齡了. of an `age with sb of the same age as sb 與某人同歲; 同庚. ,over `age too old 超齡. ,under `age not old enough; not yet adult 未到規定年齡; 未成年
You shouldn't sell cigarettes to teenagers who are under age/to under-age teenagers. 你不應該把香煙賣給沒到歲數的青少年.
age v (pres p ageing or aging, pp aged)
1
(a) [I] grow old; show signs of growing old 變老; 顯老; 見老
He's aged a lot recently. 他最近很見老.
She's aging gracefully. 她老得有風韻.
(b) [Tn] cause (sb) to become old 使（某人）變老
Worry aged him rapidly. 憂慮使他老得很快.
I found her greatly aged. 我發現她老得多了.
2
(a) [I] become mature 變成熟; 變陳
allow wine to age 使酒變陳.
(b) [Tn] cause or allow (sth) to mature 使（某事物）成熟.
?? 考研助記
阿(a)哥(ge) 年齡，逐漸 變老了
?? 擴展釋義
*[eid?]n. 年齡, 老年, 成年, 壽命, 時代, 時期vt. 變老, 成熟vi. 變老, 成熟【醫】 年齡; 時期【經】 年齡, 年代, 時代相關詞組: at the age of... under age
?? 醫學釋義
①年齡 ②使用期限
?? 同為「初中」詞匯
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Dogs make great pets, but don't leave them alone with small children.
狗是最好的寵物，但不要讓狗和小孩子單獨在一起。
None are so deaf as those who will not hear.
不愿傾聽意見者最聾。
She was not especially pretty. But she was extremely bright.
她不是特別漂亮，但她極聰明。