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🔑ageage1 /eɪdʒ / noun - [countable, uncountable] the length of time that someone has lived or that something has existed年龄；年纪◆She learned to drive at the age of sixteen.她十六岁时学会了开车。◆Children of all ages will enjoy this game.各个年龄段的孩子都会喜欢这个游戏。◆He needs some friends his own age.他需要一些同龄朋友。◆ (formal) Most students here are between eighteen and twenty-two years of age.这里大多数学生年龄在十八至二十二岁之间。
➨ WORD BUILDING 词汇扩充When you want to ask about someone's age, you usually say How old are you? 询问某人的年龄，通常说 How old are you?The answer can be I'm sixteen, or I'm sixteen years old, but NOT I'm sixteen years, and NOT I have sixteen years. 回答可以说 I'm sixteen 或 I'm sixteen years old，但不说 I'm sixteen years 或 I have sixteen years。Here are some examples of other ways of talking about age.以下是表示年龄的另外一些说法I'm almost seventeen.我快十七岁了。a girl of sixteen十六岁的女孩a sixteen-year-old girl十六岁的女孩- [countable, uncountable] one of the periods of someone's life年龄段◆a problem that often develops in middle age 人到中年经常出现的问题◆the 20-30 age group (= the group of people who are between 20 and 30 years old) 20 到 30 岁之间的人
- [uncountable] the state of being old老年；晚年◆a face lined with age因年老而布满皱纹的脸◆He died of old age.他终其天年。 ➡ look at youth
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history历史) a particular period of history年代；历史时期◆the ice age冰期◆the digital age数字时代◆the history of art through the ages 艺术通史
- ages [plural] (informal) a very long time很长时间；很久◆It took me ages to find a parking place.我花了好长时间才找到停车位。
 ●under agenot old enough by law to do something未满法定年龄的◆It is illegal to sell alcohol to young people who are under age.向未到法定年龄的青年人售酒是违法的。
ageage2 /eɪdʒ / verb [intransitive, transitive] (present participle ag·ing, past tense, past participle ag·ed /eɪdʒd /) to become or look old; to cause someone to look old变老；显老；使苍老◆My father seems to have aged a lot recently.最近我父亲似乎老了很多。◆the impact of an aging population on the economy人口老龄化对经济的影响 |