ages基本解释
n.年龄;时代;时期;长时间
v.(使)变老;(使)陈化
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名词: ager 过去式: aged 过去分词: aged 现在分词: aging 第三人称单数: ages
基本词汇
n.年龄;时代;时期;长时间
v.(使)变老;(使)陈化
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名词: ager 过去式: aged 过去分词: aged 现在分词: aging 第三人称单数: ages
"it was replaced because of its age"
"we live in a litigious age"
"she was now of school age"
"tall for his eld"
"we've known each other for ages"
"I haven't been there for years and years"
"old age is not for sissies"
"he's showing his years"
"age hasn't slowed him down at all"
"a beard white with eld"
"on the brink of geezerhood"
"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
"She aged gracefully"
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
"Young men senesce"
"The death of his child aged him tremendously"
One man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.
出自:As You Like It,Shakespeare误 We reach the middle age before we know it.
正 We reach middle age before we know it.
析 old age(老年)和middle age(中年)之前均不用冠词。
我在那个年龄经常放学后去打乒乓球。误 I used to play table tennis after school when I was in that age.
正 I used to play table tennis after school when I was that age.
析 that age作“那个年龄”讲,可以直接作表语或定语,不必加任何介词。
他年老背驼。误 His back is bent with ages.
正 His back is bent with age.
析 age在作“年老”解时是抽象名词,即是不可数名词,因此不能用复数形式。
我十六岁。误 I am at the age of sixteen.
误 I am sixteen of age.
正 My age is sixteen years.
析 at the age of在句中一般不可用作表语。
我们的老师是个年轻人。误 Our teacher is a young-aged man.
正 Our teacher is a young man.
析 “年轻人”和“老年人”应说a young〔old〕 man,只有“中年人”才可说a middle-aged man.
我儿子5岁。误 My son's age is five years old.
正 My son is five years old.
析 age与old是同义词,不可在一个句子中同时出现。