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elderly adj.年老的；年长的 (1) 歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。(2) 许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。(3) 感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。(4) 我们的儿子在来访的长辈面前彬彬有礼。(5) 他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。 When you talk about an elderly person, you might call him a "senior citizen" or an "older gentleman." We tend to think of people as elderly when they're quite aged and have started to become physically frail. You can also use the adjective for animals or even inanimate objects that are getting old: "That elderly oak tree is going to have to come down." The Old English root ealdorlic means "princely" or "excellent."

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英 ['eldəli] 美 ['eldərli] (1) Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man.(2) Many elderly people live an idle life.(3) I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me.(4) In the presence of elderly visitors our son was a model of decorum.(5) He handed the elderly woman across the street. Someone who's elderly is very old. Your elderly neighbor might need help shoveling snow from her sidewalk and going grocery shopping each week. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]年长的；上年纪的 You use elderly as a polite way of saying that someone is old.   [the N]  [politeness]...an elderly couple...老夫妇Many of those most affected are elderly.受影响最大的人中很多都是上了年纪的。The elderly are people who are old.年长者；上年纪的人The elderly are a formidable force in any election.老年人在任何选举中都是一股不可小觑的力量。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]老式的；老掉牙的 If you describe an object as elderly, you are referring, often in a humorous way, to the fact that it is rather old or old-fashioned and not as good or efficient as a new one would be. →see usage note at:elderSome of those artillery pieces look a little elderly.那些大炮中有些看起来有点老掉牙了。

英语单词	elderly
英美音标	英 ['eldəli] 美 ['eldərli]
中文释义	adj.年老的；年长的
英语例句	(1) Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man. (2) Many elderly people live an idle life. (3) I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me. (4) In the presence of elderly visitors our son was a model of decorum. (5) He handed the elderly woman across the street.
中文例句	(1) 歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。 (2) 许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。 (3) 感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。 (4) 我们的儿子在来访的长辈面前彬彬有礼。 (5) 他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。
vocabulary简明	Someone who's elderly is very old. Your elderly neighbor might need help shoveling snow from her sidewalk and going grocery shopping each week.
vocabulary扩展	When you talk about an elderly person, you might call him a "senior citizen" or an "older gentleman." We tend to think of people as elderly when they're quite aged and have started to become physically frail. You can also use the adjective for animals or even inanimate objects that are getting old: "That elderly oak tree is going to have to come down." The Old English root ealdorlic means "princely" or "excellent."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]年长的；上年纪的 You use elderly as a polite way of saying that someone is old. [the N] [politeness] ...an elderly couple... 老夫妇 Many of those most affected are elderly. 受影响最大的人中很多都是上了年纪的。 The elderly are people who are old.年长者；上年纪的人 The elderly are a formidable force in any election. 老年人在任何选举中都是一股不可小觑的力量。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]老式的；老掉牙的 If you describe an object as elderly, you are referring, often in a humorous way, to the fact that it is rather old or old-fashioned and not as good or efficient as a new one would be. →see usage note at:elder Some of those artillery pieces look a little elderly. 那些大炮中有些看起来有点老掉牙了。

Elderly People Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 Eldəli] 美 Eldərli Adj.年老的；年长的

Elderly People Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词英 Eldəli] 美 Eldərli Adj.年老的；年长的