AGE1 how long someone has lived or something has existed2 ways of saying how old someone is3 to be almost a particular age4 ways of saying how old a building, car, machine etc is5 to be the same age as someone or something else6 people who are the same ageRELATED WORDSsee alsoYOUNGOLDADULT (2)BABYMODERNOLD-FASHIONED1 how long someone has lived or something has existed 某人的年龄或某物存在的时间age /eɪdʒ/ [countable/uncountable noun]the number of years that someone has lived or something has existed 年龄；年数，存在时间the age of somebody/something The average age of the students here is eighteen. 这里的学生平均年龄是18岁。 The amount you pay for license tags and registration depends on the age of the vehicle. 牌照费和登记费视车龄而定。somebody's age I tried to guess her age but couldn't. 我试图猜出她的年龄，但猜不出来。 Their children's ages range from twelve to seventeen. 他们几个孩子的年龄从12岁到17岁不等。be somebody's agebe the same age as someone 到了某人的年龄 When I was your age I was already working. 我在你这个年龄已经工作了。of my age/her age etcabout the same age as me, her etc 在我/她这个年纪等 I'm surprised someone of your age didn't know that. 我觉得奇怪，像你这个年龄的人，居然这也不知道。at the age of 10/20 etcwrittenuse this to say how old someone was when something happened 【书面】10/20岁等时 Dewhurst died at the age of seventy-three. 杜赫斯特73岁去世。over/under the age ofolder or younger than 岁以上/以下 Anyone over the age of fourteen has to pay the full fare. 超过14岁的人士均须购买全票。be small/tall etc for your agebe small, tall etc compared with other people of the same age 以你的年龄来说很小/高等 Jimmy's very tall for his age. 以吉米的年龄来说，他长得非常高了。 She's in her seventies, but very fit for her age. 她年过七旬，然而以她的年龄来看，身体非常好。how old /haʊ ˈəʊld/ [adjective phrase]use this to ask or talk about the age of a person or thing 多大，多少岁 How old is Paul? 保罗多大了？ I'm not sure how old the cat is -- three or four, I suppose. 我不清楚这猫有多大了—大概三四岁吧。2 ways of saying how old someone is 表示某人有多大年龄的说法be 5/10/35 etc /biː ˈfaɪv/ [verb phrase] Julie's going to be thirty next month. 朱莉下个月就30岁了。 When I was eighteen, I thought I knew everything. 我18岁时以为自己什么都知道。 Luke is three and Marie is seven. 卢克3岁，玛丽7岁。be 5/10/35 etc years old /biː ˌfaɪv jɪəʳz ˈəʊld/ [verb phrase] Simone is nearly fifteen years old. 西莫内快15岁了。 My sister got married when she was thirty-eight years old. 我姐姐38岁结婚。be 5/10/35 etc years of age /biː ˌfaɪv jɪəʳz əv ˈeɪdʒ/ [verb phrase]formal He was tall, well-dressed and appeared to be about thirty-five years of age. 他个子高高的，衣着讲究，年龄大约在35岁左右。 Elephants do not become sexually active until they are fifteen to eighteen years of age. 大象大概在15至18岁时开始进入性活跃期。aged 5/10/35 etc /eɪdʒd ˈfaɪv/ [adjective phrase]used especially in written descriptions 5岁/10岁/35岁等〔尤用于书面描述〕 The child, aged ten, was last seen in a park on Bishop Street. 最后一次见到那名十岁儿童是在毕晓普街的一个公园内。 A recent survey of youths aged thirteen to eighteen shows that twelve percent are smoking regularly. 最近对13至18岁青少年所作的一次调查显示，有12%的人经常吸烟。 Females aged eighteen to thirty-four have an increased risk of contracting the disease. 18至34岁的女性感染此病的风险增加了。5-year-old/10-year-old etc /ˈfaɪv jɪər ˌəʊld/ [adjective only before noun]aged 5/10/35 etcused especially in written descriptions 5岁/10岁等的〔尤用于书面描述〕 His ninety-five-year-old great-grandfather still rides his bike every day. 他95岁高龄的曾祖父仍在每天骑自行车。 She has to pick up her twelve-year-old son from school at 3:30. 她必须于3点半把12岁的儿子从学校接回来。 Twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth Parker will be the soloist in tonight's concert. 21岁的伊丽莎白·帕克将是今晚音乐会的独唱歌手。5/10/35-year-old [countable noun] The competition was won by a seventeen-year-old from Vestavia High School. 那次比赛由维斯塔维亚高中一名17岁的选手夺得冠军。of 5/10/35 etc /əv ˈfaɪv/ [adjective phrase]use this especially to say what someone who is a particular age can do 5岁/10岁/35岁等的〔尤用于表示某个年龄的人可以做什么〕 If a man of fifty-five loses his job, he'll never get another. 一个男人如果在55岁失了业，那就再也不会有工作了。 It's so simple, a child of four could use it. 这很简单，四岁的小孩都会使用。in your teens/20s/thirties/40s etc /ɪn jɔːʳ ˈtiːnz/use this to give a general idea of how old someone is 在十多岁/二十多岁/三十多岁/四十多岁等时〔用于说明某人的大概年龄〕 He was tall, with brown hair and dark eyes - I'd say he was in his forties. 他个子高高的，棕色的头发，黑黑的眼睛，我估计他有四十多岁。early twenties/30s etc In my early twenties, I applied for my first job as a teacher. 我二十出头的时候，应聘第一份工作，就是当老师。mid-twenties/30s etc She's retired, but she's only in her mid-50s. 她已经退休，但她只有五十四五岁。late twenties/30s etc A lot of women in their late twenties start thinking about having a family. 许多女性快到30的时候就开始考虑要组织家庭。have turned 20/30 etc /həv ˌtɜːʳnd ˈtwenti/ [verb phrase]to have recently become 20, 30 etc 刚满20岁/30岁等 McClelland recently turned forty. 麦克莱兰最近刚满40岁。twenty-/thirty-/forty-something /ˈtwenti ˌsʌmθɪŋ/ [adjective only before noun]informalbetween the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc 【非正式】二十来岁/三十来岁/四十来岁 a forty-something couple from Orlando 来自奥兰多的一对四十来岁的夫妇3 to be almost a particular age 快到某个年龄be getting on for /biː ˌgetɪŋ ˈɒn fɔːʳ/ [verb phrase]Britishused to say that someone is nearly a particular age 【英】快到〔某个年龄〕 Old Willis must be getting on for sixty-five. 老威利斯肯定快到65岁了。 The Queen was getting on for eighty and only the elderly could remember her coronation. 女王将近80高龄，唯有上了年纪的人才能记得她的加冕典礼。be pushing /biː ˈpʊʃɪŋ/ [verb phrase]be pushing 40/50/65 etcto be almost a particular age, especially when this is quite old or be doing a particular activity 将近40岁/50岁/65岁等〔尤表示在年纪很大的时候做某件事〕 When you're pushing seventy it's not surprising when you start forgetting things. 将近70岁了，开始忘记东西是没什么好奇怪的。 What astonishes me is the ease with which this man, pushing seventy-five, can play his trumpet for hours at a time. 令我惊讶的是，这位年近75岁的男人，竟能毫不费力地连吹几个小时的小号。4 ways of saying how old a building, car, machine etc is 表示建筑物、汽车、机器等年期的说法be 5/50/100 etc years old /biː ˌfaɪv jɪəʳz ˈəʊld/ [verb phrase] Their home is over 100 years old. 他们的宅子有100多年了。 The fossils are over 100 million years old. 这些化石有一亿多年了。 The pyramids were already 2000 years old when the Greek historian Herodotus visited them. 希腊历史学家希罗多德去视察的时候，这些金字塔已经有2,000年的历史了。5-year-old/100-year-old etc /ˈfaɪv jɪər ˌəʊld/ [adjective phrase only before noun]used especially in written descriptions 有5年/100年等的〔尤用于书面描写〕 A 500-year-old church in Leipzig is being threatened with demolition. 莱比锡一座有500年历史的教堂正面临着被拆毁的威胁。 a 1500-year-old Latin manuscript 1,500年前的拉丁文手稿5 to be the same age as someone or something else 和某人同龄或和某物同期the same age /ðə ˌseɪm ˈeɪdʒ/ [noun phrase]be the same age Cliff and Jeremy are the same age. 克利夫和杰里米同龄。be the same age as Cleo is the same age as me. 克利奥和我同龄。of the same agethe same age as each other 年龄相同 Blood samples were taken from a group of patients of the same age. 血样是从一组年龄相同的病人中抽取的。6 people who are the same age 相同年龄的人generation /ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ [countable noun usually singular]all the people in a society who are about the same age 一代人，同代人somebody's generation People of his generation often have a hard time with computers. 他这一代人用电脑很吃力。 Many people consider her among the best writers of her generation. 许多人认为她是同代人中最好的作家之一。generation-gaplarge differences in attitude between different generations 代沟 There's still a pretty wide generation-gap in German society. 德国社会中仍然存在着很深的代沟。age group /ˈeɪdʒ gruːp/ [countable noun]all the people who are between two particular ages, considered as a group 年龄组，年龄群 Pregnant women in the 40-45 age group are more likely to suffer complications. 40至45岁这一年龄段的孕妇更容易出现并发症。 The vacations are designed for the 20-30 age group. 这些度假计划是专为20到30岁年龄段的人提供的。the under-5s/11s/25s etc /ði ˌʌndəʳ ˈfaɪvz/ [plural noun]Britisha group of people, especially children or young people, who are all below a certain age - used especially in education or sport 【英】5岁/11岁/25岁等以下的人群〔多指儿童或年轻人，尤用于教育或体育方面〕 Sally teaches the under-5s. 萨莉教五岁以下的孩子。 He is one of the best of the under-18s in his football club. 在他参加的足球俱乐部里，他是18岁以下组别中最出色的球员之一。the over-30s/40s/50s etc /ði ˌəʊvəʳ ˈθɜːʳtiz/ [plural noun]Britisha group of people, but not usually children or young people, who are all above a certain age - used especially to talk about groups of middle-aged or old people 【英】30岁/40岁/50岁等以上的人群〔尤用于指中年人或老年人〕 Many agencies provide special vacations for the over-50s. 许多旅行社有专门为50岁以上人士而设的度假计划。 The tennis club has a section for the over-40s. 这家网球俱乐部有一个40岁以上组。twenty-/thirty-/forty-something /ˈtwenti ˌsʌmθɪŋ/ [countable noun]informalsomeone between the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc 【非正式】二十多岁/三十多岁/四十多岁的人 Howard's book is an entertaining book filled with tips on money management for twenty- and 30-somethings. 霍华德的这本书非常有趣，里面全是给二三十岁的人提供的理财建议。 The show is about a group of twenty-somethings living in New York City. 这个节目是讲生活在纽约的一群二十多岁的年轻人的故事。peer group/peers /ˈpɪəʳ gruːp, pɪəʳz/ []a group of people who are the same age, especially children or young people - use this to talk about how people of the same age influence and relate to each other 同辈群体，同龄人〔尤指儿童或年轻人，用于表示他们之间的相互影响和关系〕 By the age of about 10, children will be much more interested in the approval of their peer group than that of their parents or teachers. 儿童到了大约十岁以后，他们看重同龄人的认同远远超过父母或老师对他们的认同。 She learned to read late, and by the age of 13 was way behind her peers in almost every aspect of school work. 她识字晚，13岁的时候，在学习上几乎样样都远远落后于同龄的孩子。peer group pressurethe strong influence of a peer group 同辈的强烈影响 Kids should be taught to resist peer group pressure to become sexually active too early. 应该教育孩子学会避免受同辈的影响，不要过早地有性行为。
