age noun ⇨age (at the age of 18)⇨period (the nuclear age)⇨years (It's an age since I saw him.)age
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age ♦︎ generation ♦︎ age group ♦︎ peer groupThese are all words for the number of years that a person has lived, or a group of people who have lived for about the same number of years.这些词均表示年龄或同龄人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the younger / older generation / age group◆people of your own age / generation◆people of all ages / generations / age groups■age [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed; a particular period of a person's life年龄;年龄段◆He left school at the age of 18.他18岁读完中学。◆children from 5-10 years of age5到10岁的儿童◆When I was your age I was already married.我在你这个年纪已经结婚了。◆He started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年就开始弹钢琴。◆She was beginning to feel her age(= feel that she was getting old).她开始感到自己上年纪了。◆ways of calculating the age of the earth计算地球年龄的方法◆15 is an awkward age.15岁是个尴尬的年龄。◆It was only now, in middle age, that she was beginning to enjoy life.直到现在,人到中年时,她才开始享受生活。◆He died of old age.他终其天年。■generation [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] all the people who were born at about the same time; a single stage in the history of a family; a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity(统称)一代人;(家族史中的)一代;一批(参与某活动的同龄人)◆The older generation tends to have more traditional views.老一辈人常常有较传统的观念。◆My generation has grown up without the experience of a world war.我们这一代人没有经历过世界大战。◆I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.我常常想,后人将怎样评价我们的努力。◆These stories were passed down from generation to generation.这些故事一代一代传了下来。◆a first- / second-generation American(= a person whose family has lived in America for one / two generations)第一代/第二代美国人◆She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.她激励了一整届时装学校的毕业生。 see also generation ⇨ period■ˈage group [countable] people of a similar age or within a particular range of ages年龄组;年龄段◆men in the older age group较高年龄段的男性◆education for the 16-18 age group16至18岁年龄段的教育■ˈpeer group [countable] a group of people of the same age or social status同龄群体;社会地位相同的群体◆She gets on well with her peer group.她和同龄人相处融洽。◆He started smoking because of peer-group pressure.由于无法抗拒同侪压力,他开始吸烟。 see also peer ⇨ peerNOTE辨析 Generation, age group or peer group?Your generation is people who are nearer your age than your parents' or your children's ages. Your age group may be a much narrower range of ages: age group is often used in official forms and figures, and the exact range of ages may be stated. * generation指一代人,如你和你的父母、你和儿女分属两代人;age group所指年龄段更窄,常见于官方表格或数据,而且可能会具体说明所指年龄范围◆the 16-18 generation/peer groupYour peer group includes the people of your own age that you actually know and are influenced by. * peer group指那些与你同龄、你认识并受其影响的人◆She gets on well with her generation/age group.
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