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older
a. 年长的
例句与用法:
The manager urged older staff to take up early retirement.
经理敦促年纪较大的职员提前退休。
Her groom was much older than she was.
她的新郎比她大很多。
The older man has gypsy lore.
那个老者有吉卜赛人的学问。
He was bullied by the older boys at school.
他在学校里受到大孩子的欺负。
Knowledge of self increases as one gets older.
随着年岁的增长,人们的自我认识也不断加深。
The babies are left with the older women in the nurseries.
婴儿都交给了托儿所较年长的妇女来照看。
He has a fixation on older women.
他对于年长的女人有病态的依恋。
A male animal that does not mate during the breeding season, especially a young male fur seal kept from the breeding territory by older males.
尚未交配的小雄兽在繁殖季节中未交配的雄性动物,特别指被较年长的雄性拒于交配领地之外的年轻的雄性海豹
elder ["eldu0259(r)]
a. 年龄较大的,年长的
n. 长者,长辈
词形变化:
名词:eldership
例句与用法:
She worked hard in emulation of her elder sister.
她努力赶超姐姐。
My elder sister had a baby last month, so I am an aunt now.
我姐姐上个月生了孩子,所以我现在是阿姨了。
He is the elder statesman par excellence.
他是最优秀的年长的国务活动家.
His elder brother got married last month.
他的哥哥上个月结婚了。
He is the elder of the twins.
他是双胞胎中的哥哥。
- FinCloud
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通常elder和说话者有血缘关系,多用于表达哥哥,姐姐;
older只是old的一般比较级。
例子楼上举了很多,你参考一下吧。
- tt白
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一门语言大多数情况下都是靠“意会”的,因为很多词真的无法能够言语表达,就算能表达出来也不一定可以让你灵活运用!
但你给你这两个词可以给两个例句你慢慢体会——
he is older than me.
he is my elder brother.
所以,older强调比较 elder更倾向作为一个形容词,后通常接名词
- 皮皮
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elder年长的