音标:['eldәli] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
a. 过了中年的, 稍老的
n people who are old collectively
s advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : elderlies
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词性分布:
形容词100%

elderly的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man.歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。
  2. Many elderly people live an idle life.许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。
  3. I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me.感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。
  4. 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。
  5. He handed the elderly woman across the street.他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. The elderly man is quite energetic.这位上了年纪的老人仍精力充沛。
  2. He is an elderly man, about sixty.他是个年约60岁的老人。
  3. There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train.火车上有几个中年以上的妇女。
  4. This is the elderly hotel.这是家老字号旅馆。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. He is getting elderly.他逐渐变老了。

词汇搭配

  • elderly primiparity高年初产
  • credit for the elderly老年的税收优惠减免...
  • elderly population老年人口
  • elderly primipara高年初产妇

经典引文

  • The elderly inhabitants could still remember the time when the first brick house..was built.

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