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如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流age的详细用法【精品文档】第 3 页age 1 /ed,ed/ n. S1 W11.年龄；存在时间Francis is the same age as me. 弗朗西斯和我同年岁。at my/your etc age (=when you are as old as me etc)在我/你等这个年纪At my age, its quite difficult getting up the stairs. 到我这年纪，上楼梯就很费劲了。over/under the age of 5/18 etcpeople over the age of 65 65岁以上的人for his/her etc age (=compared with other people of the same age)对于他/她等这个年纪来说Shes tall for her age, isnt she? 以她的年龄来说，她算高的，是不是？2.法定年龄Whats the minimum age for getting a drivers license? 取得驾驶执照的最小年龄是多少？3.period of life 人生中的阶段 年龄段When you get to old age, everything seems to take longer. 人到老年，好像做什么事都慢。The early teens are often a difficult age. 十三四岁往往是个麻烦的年龄。4.年老；陈旧with ageHigh blood pressure increases with age. 随着年龄增长，高血压会更厉害。Some of the furniture was showing signs of age . 有些家具已显陈旧。5.历史阶段C usually singular,一般用单数 时代，世代In everyday English, people usually use the expression how old ? rather than using the noun age在日常英语中，人们一般用短语how old ?而不用名词ageNew Age new age1.adjectives/noun 形容词/名词 + ageold age(=the time when you are old) 老年the problems of old age 老年的问题middle age(=between about 40 and 60) 中年He was in late middle age. 他年近60。a great/advanced age(=a very old age) 高龄，高寿My aunt died at a great age. 我姨妈活到高龄才去世。a difficult/awkward age(=used mainly about the time when people are teenagers) 麻烦的年龄主要指青少年时期retirement age 退休年龄school age 学龄school-leaving age 【英】毕业年龄the legal age 法定年龄the minimum age 最小年龄the voting age 投票年龄the marrying age 结婚年龄2.from an early/young age 从很小的时候Shed been playing the piano from a very early age. 她自幼就弹钢琴。at an early/young age 在很小的时候Kids can start learning a second language at a young age. 孩子很小就可以开始学习第二语言。sb (of) your own age 和你同年的人He needs to find people his own age. 他需要去找同龄人。of childbearing age(=at the age when a woman can have children) 女性育龄的of working age 处于工作年龄的the age of consent(=when you are legally allowed to marry or have sex) 法定结婚年龄，可发生性关系的合法年龄3.age + noun 名词an age group/bracket/range 年龄段Men in the 5065 age group are most at risk from heart disease. 50至65岁年龄段的男性最容易患心脏病。an age limit 年龄限制4.get to/reach/live to a particular age （活）到某个年龄One in three children die before they reach the age of 5. 三分之一的儿童不到五岁就死亡。lower/raise the age(=at which something can be done) 降低/提高法定年龄look/feel your age(=look or feel as old as you really are) 容貌与年龄相当/感到自己上年纪act your age(=behave in the way that a person of your age should behave) 行为和年龄相称ask/say your age(=ask or say how old you are) 问人年龄/说自己的年龄收起age 2 v.1.（使）变老；（使）显老He was worried to see how much shed aged. 看到她苍老了许多，他很担心。The experience had aged him in advance of his years. 那次经历使他提早衰老了。2.老化，变陈旧The buildings are ageing, and some are unsafe. 这些建筑已很陈旧，有些还不安全。3.I,T to improve and develop in taste over a period of time, or to allow food or alcohol to do this（使）成熟，（使）味道变醇厚SYN MATURE Cheddar cheese ages well. 切达干酪熟化得很好。The whisky is aged for at least ten years. 这种威士忌至少陈化十年。