1age年齡VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem有⋯歲;感覺有⋯歲;看上有⋯歲;好像有⋯歲◇You are as old as you feel.你感覺自己有多大歲數就有多大歲數。ADVERB➤enough年齡夠大◇He's old enough by now to manage his own affairs.現在他已不小了,能處理自己的事情了。PHRASES➤six months, ten years, etc. old * 6 個月大、10 歲等old
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2not young年老VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem, sound年老;感覺年老;看上去年老;好像年紀大;聽起來歲數大◇The way the young people rushed around made her feel old.年輕人風風火火的樣子讓她感覺自己老了。◇He was beginning to look old.他開始露出老態了。➤become, get, grow變老◇We're all getting older.我們都在變老。◇As they grow older, they develop new interests.隨着年齡的增長,他們有了新的興趣。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/頗為/非常年老◇She was fairly old when she got married.她結婚時年紀已相當大了。old
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3not new舊VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be陳舊ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/頗為/非常陳舊◇It's a very old tradition.這是一個非常古老的傳統。PHRASES➤oldest known已知最古老的◇These are some of the oldest known fossil remains.這些是已知最古老的化石的一部份。➤oldest remaining, oldest surviving現存最古老的◇It's one of the oldest remaining parts of the church.這是這座教堂遺留下來的最古老的部份之一。◇the world's oldest surviving ship世界上現存最古老的船old
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4shows affection/lack of respect表示親昵;缺乏敬意PHRASES➤boring old, silly old (especially BrE) 枯燥無味;極其愚蠢◇boring old history books枯燥乏味的歷史書籍◇He's a silly old fool!他是個大笨蛋!➤dear old, good old親愛的;可愛的◇Good old Dad!親愛的老爸!➤funny old極其有趣的◇It's a funny old world.這是個極其有趣的世界。➤plain old普通的◇Why drink plain old water when you can have something better?有好東西喝,為什麼還喝白水?➤poor old可憐的◇You poor old thing!你這個可憐的傢伙!➤same old相同的◇It's always the same old faces.總是那些老面孔。