MIMENTALLY ILLmentally confused or behaving strangely, because of old age 年老糊涂的,老迈的
a senile old man
一个年老糊涂的老人
She worries about going senile.
她担心自己变得年老糊涂。
—senility /sɪˈnɪləti/ noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
senile• After those first few chats with his Aunt Emily, Alec soon realised that she was slightly senile.• I know the old boy was senile.• When the mice are 10 months old they begin, reliably, to get senile.• Rumors were rampant that the octogenarian was senile and in poorhealth.• His lawyersclaim he is senile and incompetent to stand trial.• Mr Allsopp was known to suffer from seniledementia and was often seen walking in the area.• In this sense the world would be a better place without mental retardation, madness, and senile dementia.• Certainly those working with the mentally ill or the handicapped or the senile or in health education may properly think it is.• He became remote, sulking, even senile possibly.
going senile• Of course, Moses might have been going senile and got a bitmixed up.