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詞匯精選:age的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
年齡,階段,年齡段
例句:
I ached to be of an age to take care of myself.
我巴望能到自食其力的年齡。
例句:
Falls can happen at any time in any place to people of any age.
任何年齡段的人都有可能在任何時候任何地方摔倒。
例句:
What is your [age]?
你多大年紀?
例句:
What is your age?
你多大年齡了?
時代,時期
例句:
The excavation exposed a staggering number of bronze age artifacts.
這次挖掘使一批數(shù)目驚人的青銅時代人工制品重現(xiàn)天日。
例句:
The age of myth and miracle had come upon the world again.
神話和奇跡的時代又回到人間。
老年,變老
例句:
Gray hair is a mark of age.
灰白頭發(fā)是老年人的特征。
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Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.
可能隨著年紀增長,他變聰明了。
很長時間
例句:
The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
公共汽車過了很長時間才來。
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He waited what seemed an age.
他等了似乎很長時間。
壽命,使用年限
例句:
Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
房間里的一切看起來都與這棟建筑物的存在年頭很相稱。
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The average age of cars on the road has steadily fallen.
路上行駛汽車的平均使用年限穩(wěn)步下降。
v.
(使)長大,變老,顯老 [I,T]
例句:
The six-month's passion had aged him very considerably.
六個月的戀愛使他一下子長大了好幾歲。
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The death of his wife caused him to age fast.
他妻子的死使他變老了許多。
戒毒,戒除毒品 [I]
例句:
She used to use a lot of drugs but now she's aged out.
她曾吸食大量麻醉藥,而今她已戒毒了。
(使)變陳,成熟,老化 [I,T]
例句:
Ultraviolet rays will make your skin age faster, and make you grow wrinkles.
紫外線會使你的肌膚加速老化,讓你長皺紋。
例句:
Whisky loses strength as it ages.
存放時間越久,威士忌的口味越淡。
估計,推測 [T]
二、詞義辨析:
age,epoch,era,period,times
這些名詞均含“時期、時代”之意。 age常指具有顯著特征或以某杰出人物命名的歷史時代或時期。 epoch正式用詞,側(cè)重指以某重大事件或巨大變化為起點的新的歷史時期。 era書面語用詞,指歷史上的紀元、年代,可與epoch和age互換,側(cè)重時期的延續(xù)性和整個歷程。 period最普通用詞,概念廣泛,時間長短不限,既可指任何一個歷史時期,又可指個人或自然界的一個發(fā)展階段。 times側(cè)重某一特定時期。
三、詞義辨析:
mature,ripen,age,develop
這些動詞均有“成熟、長成”之意。 mature指生物自然發(fā)育成熟或豐滿或使其能起正常作用,還可指人獲得智慧、經(jīng)驗或變得世故。 ripen側(cè)重已到長生成熟的頂點。 age一般指使人過早成熟,強調(diào)已走向衰老。 develop側(cè)重使某一種類或個體潛在本能進化完全,詞義比mature廣泛。
四、相關(guān)短語:
come of age
v.到法定年齡 成年
middle age
n.中年
of age
成年,到了法定年齡
space age
航天時代,空間時代
age class
同齡級木,齡級
age limit
年限
age of fishes
魚類時代
bone age
骨齡,骨骼年齡
developmental age
發(fā)育年齡,發(fā)展年齡
gestational age
胎齡
ice age
n.【地】冰河時代(在新生代的第四世),冰期,冰川期
一、參考例句:
What is your age?
你多大年齡了?
What makes us age
是什么讓我們的年齡變大嗎?
The Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) was beginning.
新石器時代正在開始。
Old age withered her face.
她因年邁而面容枯槁。
Carefulness bring age before time.
心太細,易衰老。
Age has silvered his hair.
年老使他的頭發(fā)變白。
She has accomplished the age of 70.
她度過了70年的歲月。
A new age spiritual ceremony turned deadly.
一個新時代的圣歌儀式變成了致命事件。
He has attained full age now.
他現(xiàn)在已成年了。
Age hinders me from moving about.
我年事已高,不能到處走動。
學會了“age”的用法,好久不見這么說!
A: I haven't seen you in ages! What have you been up to?
A: 我好久沒見你了!你最近在忙什么?
B: Well, you won't believe it, but I've been seeing a guy from work. We've gone out three or four times now, so I guess it's getting serious.
B: 嗯,你可能不信,我跟一個男士在交往呢,我們是工作的時候認識的?,F(xiàn)在已經(jīng)約會三四次了,所以我覺得這段感情越來越靠譜兒了。
age [e?d]n. 年齡;時代;很長時間
① I haven't seen you in ages!
我好久沒見你了!
② I waited for ages.
我等了好久。
What have you been up to?你最近在忙什么?
-What have you been up to?
你最近在忙什么?
-Oh not much, you?
沒啥事,你呢?
It's getting serious.這段感情越來越靠譜兒了。
serious [?s??ri?s]
adj. 嚴重的,嚴肅的,當真的
① Believe me, I'm serious
相信我,我是認真的。
② You can't be serious.
你肯定是在開玩笑吧。
高中英語語法知識點:again、age、ahead的用法
1、again and again
again and again = time and time again = over and over = over and over again再三地
The old man thinks of his happy past again and again. 這位老人再三地想起他幸福的過去。
2、age
(1)n.年齡,時代,時期
The old man died at the age of 80/when he was 80 years of age/when he was 80 years old.那位老人80歲時去世了。
He is young for his age. 就他的年齡而論,他是年輕的。
What is the age of the church? 這座教堂多少年了?
He was the greatest poet of the age. 他是那個時代最偉大的詩人。
(2)vi./vt. 變老
He is aging fast. Worry ages a man. 他老得很快。憂慮令人老!
I found him greatly aged. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)他老多了。
拓展:(1)adj. aged……歲的,年老的
a boy aged ten 一個10歲的男孩 an aged man老人
(2)人生的七期
baby→infant→child→youth→manhood→middle age→old age
嬰兒/0→幼兒/7→兒童/12→青年/28→壯年/40→中年/65→老年
3、ahead
ahead短語歸納
go ahead朝前走,請便(同意對方繼續(xù)干或同意對方的請求);go ahead (on)with…繼續(xù);ahead of在……前面,早于,優(yōu)先;ahead of time提前
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