age [eidʒ]

age的基本解释

n.

年龄, 时代, 成年, 时期

• My grandfather was bent with age.
• 我祖父年老背驼。

• At 40 a man has reached middle age.
• 到40岁，人已进入中年。

• What's the age of that old building?
• 那座古老的建筑有多久的历史了？

vi.

变老

• Since her husband's death, she has aged considerably.
• 自从她丈夫去世后，她老了许多。

vt.

变老, 成熟, 使变老, 使老化

• Grief ages us.
• 忧伤逼人老。

age的同义词

v. mature

n. years · eld

与age相关的词组

be of age：成年

under age：未到法定年龄

与age相关的情景对话

衣食住行/Health Insurance-(医疗保险)

A:

Ohhh, I think I broke my leg.

哦哦哦，我象是把腿给摔断了。

B:

Here, sir, sit down in this wheelchair.

坐这儿，先生，坐在轮椅上。

A:

Thanks.

谢谢。

B:

The doctor will be with you in a moment. I just need to ask you a few questions.

医生马上就来。我要问你几个问题。

A:

All right.

好的。

B:

Name, age and date of birth, please.

您的姓名、年龄和出生日期是…？

A:

John Taylor, 32, May 23, 1970.

约翰·泰勒，32岁，生于1970年5月23日。

B:

Health insurance company and policy number?

您购买的医疗保险的公司和保险单编码是多少？

A:

I don’t have it.

我没有。

B:

What?

什么？

A:

I don’t have health insurance.

我没有买医疗保险。

B:

Well, this is going to be a very expensive broken leg, Mr. Taylor.

哦，泰勒先生。这次摔断腿花费可不小。

A:

Ohhhh!

哦哦哦。

衣食住行/询问对方年龄

A:

You really do look great tonight, Amber.

你今天晚上看起来很美，Amber。

B:

Why, thank you. You don't look so bad yourself (laughs)

谢谢。你看起来也不错啊！(笑起来)

A:

(laughing also) I appreciate that. Speaking of which, I was wondering if I am older than you, because you look so young. How old are you, anyway?

(也笑起来)非常感谢，说起这个，我在想我一定比你大因为你看起来很年轻。你多大了？

B:

(hesitatingly) Oh, I'm not too old, but I'm over eighteen.

(犹豫了一下)哦，我还不算太老，但是也过了18岁了。

A:

I'm sorry, maybe that was a dumb question.

对不起，可能这是个很愚蠢的问题。

B:

No, it's not that. Just…well, I was just a little surprised with your question. It's a bit unusual here for people to ask about age so soon.

不，不是那么回事，只是……我真是被你的问题弄得很吃惊。在这里，这么快地问别人有多大不太常见。

A:

Forgive me. I didn't mean to be impolite or rude.

请原谅我，我不是故意这么粗鲁无理的。

B:

I know. Anyway, I'm 27.

我知道，不管它了，我27岁了。

A:

Really. You don't look a day over 23. How do you stay so young-looking?

真的吗？你看起来还不到23岁。你是怎么保持年轻的？

B:

(flattered) No special way. Just a happy-go-lucky type of person, I guess.

Amber :(高兴状)没什么特殊的方法。只是生性快乐罢了。

A:

Well, it works. You really don't look your age. I'm 28, by the way.

看来行得通。你看上去真的没那么大。另外我28岁了。

B:

(jokingly) Is that right? I thought you might be a bit older…just joking.

(开玩笑地说)是真的吗？我觉得你可能更老一点……开开玩笑而已。

A:

I guess I deserved that. (changing the subject) So, what about….

我想你说得对。(换了一个话题)那么……