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age 表示“年龄”的三条惯用法
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age 表示“年龄”的三条惯用法

 

1. 表示年龄,注意以下常见表达:

He’s ten (years old). / He’s ten years of age. 10岁。

How old is he? / What’s his age? / What age is he? 他多大年纪?

I have a son (of) your age. / I have a son the same age of you. 我有一个像你这样大小的儿子。

Their ages are ten and twelve. 他们的年龄分别是10 岁和12岁。

2. 表示……年龄时,英语通常用“at the age of+数字,有时可省略“at age+数字,或只用“at+数字。如:

She was left a widow at the age of thirty. 30岁时成了寡妇。

In Britain, schooling starts at age 5. 在英国,教育从5岁开始。

Larry passed university exams at sixteen. 拉里16岁时就通过大学考试。

有时也说at…years old。如:

At fifteen years old he left school. 15岁时中学毕业了。

另外,at the age of…这类短语通常用作状语,但有时也可用作表语。如:

His first appearance on stage was at the age of three. 3岁时初次登台。

3. 汉语中说他年纪大(轻),在英语中不能直译为:His age is old (young). 可译为:He is old (young). 同样地,英语中可以说 at the early age of 30(年仅30岁),一般不说 at the young age of 30。但有趣的是,英语中通常不说 young age, 但却可以说 old age(老年)和 middle age(中年)。如:

She didn’t get married until she was well into middle age. 她步入中年以后才结婚。

The fear of death obsessed her throughout her old age. 她晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

 

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