advancing years/ageOLD/NOT YOUNGthe fact of growing older 年事渐高
Blake had grown much quieter – another sign of his advancing years.
布莱克话比过去少多了——这是年事渐高的又一个迹象。
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advancing years/age• Chances of developing cancer increase with advancing age.• Joshua hoped that Malone had learntwisdom with his advancing years.• Of course, I was only displaying the ultimately cliched boomer trait, a tortureddenial of my own advancing years.• On her deathbed Mary Leapor reportedly expressedconcern for her father's advancing age.• At your age, advancing years and all that.• The risk of incapacitation increases with advancing years, and increases more rapidly after the age of 55.• There are clearassociations between advancing years and increasing disability, and this is particularly steep among the most elderly.• The association between advancing years and increasing rates of disability is illustrated in Figure 7.• Reasons put forth include his advancing age, the cumulativeeffect of thousands of hits and the decline of his offensive line.
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advancing• There, when animals are on the move, there is little social structure, merely a mass of advancing animals.• These symptoms are often the first evidence of advancingarterialdisease.• Missileattacks had little effect on the advancingenemy. forces.