elderly
英 [ˈeldəli] 美 [ˈeldərli]

adj.

上了年纪的；过了中年的；较老的；

n.

老人；

双语释义

adj.(形容词)

1. 上了年纪的,中年以上的 rather old; past middle age

英英释义

elderly[ 'eldəli ]

• n.people who are old collectively

  同义词：aged

• adj.advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

  "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"

  同义词：agedoldersenior

词组短语

elderly persons priority scheme共享颐年优先配屋计划

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Vicious thugs attacked an elderly man.
   歹徒们袭击了一个老大爷。
2. Many elderly people live an idle life.
   许多老年人过着悠闲的生活。
3. I appreciate their trust in elderly men like me.
   感谢大家对我们这些老头子的信任。
4. In the presence of elderly visitors our son was a model of decorum.
   我们的儿子在来访的长辈面前彬彬有礼。
5. He handed the elderly woman across the street.
   他搀扶这个年长的妇女穿过街道。

权威例句

High-risk elderly patients PROSPER from cholesterol-lowering therapy
Decision-making in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis: why are so many denied surgery?
Vitamin D3 and Calcium to Prevent Hip Fractures in Elderly Women — NEJM
The timed "Up & Go": a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly persons
Vitamin D Supplementation and Fracture Incidence in Elderly Persons: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study
CHOP chemotherapy plus rituximab compared with CHOP alone in elderly patients with diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma.
Homocysteine, Folate and Cognition in a Large Community-Based Sample of Elderly People – The 3C Dijon Study
Relationship of C-Reactive Protein to Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study and...
The Association Between Quantitative Measures of Dementia and of Senile Change in the Cerebral Grey Matter of Elderly Subjects