年纪

After a while an older nurse appeared and set to work dexterously, looking at him strangely all the while .

一会儿又来了一位年纪大些的护士，她一面手脚麻俐地干着自己的事，一面奇怪地打量着他。

He gets first dibs because he's the oldest.

他年纪最大，所以有优先权。

She met girls of her own age, who looked at her as if with contempt for her diffidence.

她见到和她年纪相仿的女孩，她们打量着她，似乎对她的畏缩神气有些瞧不起。

The1920 12-foot dinghy sailing event was the only event in Olympic history to be held in two countries.

成为年纪最大的奖牌获得者。1920年的l2英尺小型帆船比赛是奥运史上惟一在两个国家举行的项目。

"Leave off, Boris, you're such a diplomatist"(the world diplomatist was much in use among the children in the special sense they attached to the word).

"你们这样的年纪，会有什么秘密，娜塔莎和鲍里斯之间，你们二人之间会有什么秘密，会是一些愚蠢事。"

She might be small, but her future as the voice of the fashionably disaffected is huge.--Jaan Uhelszki

她虽然年纪轻，但是她的声音作为时髦的追溯者是有著极大的发展空间的。

Bill: Tom and I were in two different classes for disciplinary reasons in the 7th grade.

Bill： Tom和我因为惩戒的原因被分开在7年纪的两个不同的班级里。

It pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang; and when the minute-hand made the circuit of the face, and the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and emphasis that, at each lapse of an hour, the musicians of the orchestra were constrained to pause, momentarily, in their performance, to hearken to the sound; and thus the waltzers perforce ceased their evolutions; and there was a brief disconcert of the whole gay company; and while the chimes of the clock yet rang.

每当长针在钟面走满一圈，临到报时之际，大钟的黄铜腔里就发出一下深沉的声音，既清澈又洪亮，非常悦耳，然而调子和点子又如此古怪，因此每过一小时，乐队里的乐师都不由得暂停演奏来倾听钟声；双双对对跳着华尔兹舞的也不得不停止旋转，正在寻欢作乐的红男绿女不免乱一阵子；这且不说，钟声还在一下下敲的时候，连放荡透顶的人都变得脸如死灰，上了年纪的和老成持重的都不由双手抚额，仿佛胡思乱想得出了神。

I'm too old to shoulder the burden of constant lies that go with living in polite disillusionment.

我年纪已太大，无法承受谎言的重负和生活在貌似体面的幻灭之中。

My friend was old, dispirited, and he wanted to die.

我的朋友年纪很大，精神很消极，他不想再活在这个世上。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。