elderly的意思是什么

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elderly的意思是：adj.年老的；年长的。elderly的词语用法是adj.(形容词)elderly在句中主要用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语,无比较级和最高级。elderly名词:elderliness。

adj.(形容词)

n.(名词)

二、英英释义

Noun:

people who are old collectively;
"special arrangements were available for the aged"

Adjective:

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"

三、网络解释

1. 老年人：elastin 弹性蛋白 |elderly 老年人 | elementary school 小学

2. 稍老的：elder 年长者 |elderly 稍老的 | eldership 长辈

3. 老年的：middle -aged 中年的 |elderly 老年的 | old 老的

4. 年长的：elderly 年长的 | neighbor 邻居 | puppy-eyes 可怜地

四、例句

Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man.

歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。

Many elderly people live an idle life.

许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。

I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me.

感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。

In the presence of elderly visitors our son was a model of decorum.

我们的儿子在来访的长辈面前彬彬有礼。

He handed the elderly woman across the street.

他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。

五、词汇搭配

六、经典引文

The elderly inhabitants could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built.
出自：Ld Macaulay

七、词义辨析

adj.(形容词)

elderly, aged, old: 这三个词均可指“年老的,年迈的”。其区别是：
old指年事已高,接近生命的终点; elderly指已过中年,意为“较老的,接近老年的”,常有尊敬和威严的意味。例如:
She was an elderly woman, perhaps sixty years old.她已是上了年纪的女人,可能有60岁了。
aged指“年迈的”,含有体弱多病、老态龙钟的意味。例如:
An aged woman sat mumbling by the fire.一位年迈的妇女坐在炉火旁,口中念念有词。

elderly, elder: 这两个词的区别是:elder表示“年龄较大的”“年长的”,指相对于某人或某事来说年龄比较大; elderly表示“上了年纪的”“过了中年的”,是绝对意义上的年纪较大。例如:
She is my elder daughter.她是我的大女儿。
He's very active for an elderly man.按老年人来说,他非常活跃。

elderly的相关近义词

aged、aging、old

elderly的相关反义词

young、youthful