◆age n.
1. 表示“年齡”,注意以下常見表達(dá):
He’s ten (years old). / He’s ten years of age. 他10歲。
How old is he? / What’s his age? / What age is he? 他多大年紀(jì)?
I have a son (of) your age. / I have a son the same age of you. 我有一個(gè)像你這樣大小的兒子。
Their ages are ten and twelve. 他們的年齡分別是10 歲和12歲。
2. 表示“在……年齡時(shí)”,英語(yǔ)通常用 at the age of+數(shù)字,有時(shí)可省略成 at age+數(shù)字,或只用 at+數(shù)字。如:
他25歲結(jié)婚。
正:He got married at (the age of) 25.
正:He got married at age 25.
3. 漢語(yǔ)中的“他年紀(jì)大(輕)”,在英語(yǔ)中不能直譯為 His age is old (young). 可譯為 He is old (young).
同樣地:英語(yǔ)中通常說(shuō) at the early age of 30 (年僅30歲),一般不說(shuō) at the young age of 30(雖偶見此用法,但初學(xué)者不宜模仿)。
但有趣的是,英語(yǔ)中通常不說(shuō) young age, 但卻可以說(shuō) old age
(老年)和 middle age(中年)。如:
Who is going to look after them in their old age? 他們年老的時(shí)候誰(shuí)來(lái)照顧他們呢?
A person of 40 has reached middle age. 一個(gè)人滿了40歲就算進(jìn)入了中年。
4. 表示“時(shí)期”、“時(shí)代”,多用單數(shù)形式;在口語(yǔ)中可引申指“很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間”,可用復(fù)數(shù)形式也可用單數(shù)形式。如:
The 18th century was the golden age of the novel. 18世紀(jì)是小說(shuō)的黃金時(shí)代。
It’s ages [an age] since we last met. 我們好久沒(méi)見面了。
(I) Haven’t seen you for ages [an age]. 好久不見了。
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