older
- adj.更老的;老的;年长的;年纪大的;老年人;更旧的
The usual comparative and superlative forms of old are older and oldest . 在英国英语中,比较人的年龄,尤其是家庭成员的年龄时亦可用elder和eldest,不过这种说法在口语中已不常见;作形容词时它们只能用于名词前,而且不说elder than:
My brother is older than me.
我哥哥比我大。
The palace is the oldest building in the city.
这宫殿是城里最古老的建筑。
my older/elder sister
我的姐姐
the elder/older of their two children
他们的两个孩子中大的那个
I’m the eldest/oldest in the family.
我是家中的老大。
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- skilled through long experience
- an old offender
- the older soldiers
- Synonym: old
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- advanced in years;(`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
- aged members of the society
- elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
- senior citizen
- Synonym: aged elderly senior
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- used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- Bill Adams, Sr.
- Synonym: elder sr.
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Older quinolines which the drug would most likely be used alongside are also very cheap .
更老的喹啉类药物它们很可能与这种药物联用也很便宜。
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Several of the new EU members from central Europe are facing banking and financial crises and the older members have refused to bail them out .
来自中欧的几个欧盟新成员国正面临银行业危机和金融危机,而资格更老的成员国已拒绝对它们纾困。
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My new job is much the same as the old one .
我的新工作和旧工作差不多。
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I 'd say he was 25 to 30 years old .
我猜他在25至30岁之间。
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Now let me see ─ how old is she now ?
让我想一想,她现在多大了呢?
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The city is a mixture of old and new buildings .
这座城市是新老建筑兼而有之。
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As people get older , they get set in their ways .
随着年龄的增长,人就积习成性。
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The new methods are radically different from the old .
新的方法迥然不同于旧的方法。
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The new sports centre will take the pressure off the old one .
新的体育运动中心将减轻老体育运动中心的压力。
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I went to see if my old school was still there .
我去看过母校是否依然存在。
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She 's getting old ─ she 's 75 next year .
她上年纪了,明年就75岁了。
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Can you really get that old car going again ?
你真能让那老爷车再跑起来吗?
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Old values are being grafted onto a new social class .
旧的价值观念正植根于新的社会阶层。
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They have successfully combined the old with the new in this room .
他们在这个房间里成功地把古老和现代的风格融为一体。
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Would you like my old TV in exchange for this camera ?
用我的旧电视机换这架照相机,你愿意吗?
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Such problems are a universal feature of old age .
这类问题是老年人的通病。
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She met up with some of her old school friends .
她遇见几个老同学。
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I know people 's handwriting changes as they get older .
我知道人们的笔迹随着年龄的增长而变化。
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I didn 't think she was old enough for the responsibility .
我认为她尚年轻,不足以担当此任。
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The new contract will be the same in every particular as the old one .
新合同与旧合同的各项细节将完全相同。
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The new tax is fairer than the old system .
新税制比旧税制公正。
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She was a woman grown old before her time .
她显得未老先衰。
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The old feel the cold more than the young .
老年人比年轻人怕冷。
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We need to ensure a smooth transition between the old system and the new one .
我们得确保新旧制度间的平稳过渡。
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I 'm not old enough for my bus pass yet !
我还不到领取免费乘车票的年龄。
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Old age can bring many problems .
人老麻烦多。
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I 'd like a job working with old folk or kids .
我喜欢与老人或小孩打交道的工作。
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Can a new party rise from the ashes of the old one ?
在旧政党的灰烬中会诞生出一个新的政党吗?
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They 're going to build on the site of the old power station .
他们要在老发电站那里盖房子。
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She 's an old hand at dealing with the press .
她是对付新闻界的一位老手。
一般只用于人,尤指兄弟或姐妹中较年长的,只作定语,不与 than 连用。
She is my elder daughter.
她是我的大女儿。
His elder brother/sister works in a clothing factory.
他的哥哥/姐姐在一家服装厂工作。
普通用词,可用于人或物,表示人们的年纪长幼或事物的新旧关系,多用作表语,可与 than 连用。
I am three months older than Tom.
我比汤姆大3个月。
This house is older than that one.
这栋房子比那栋房子老。