old age

noun

1. 老年；暮年
   the time of your life when you are old
   1. Old age can bring many problems.
      人老麻烦多。
   2. He lived alone in his old age .
      他孑然一身度过晚年。

1. N-UNCOUNT 老年；晚年
   Your old age is the period of years towards the end of your life.
   1. They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age...
      他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
   2. In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
      这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
2. N-UNCOUNT 老龄；衰老；垂暮
   Old age is the quality or state of being old and near the end of one's life.
   1. In Britain today we tend to consider old age as a social problem...
      在当今英国我们往往将老龄视为社会问题。
   2. He is unable to travel much because of old age.
      他年事已高，不能频繁出游。

1. Old age beckons.
   岁月催人老。
2. In his old age he became a benefactor of the arts.
   他晚年成了一个艺术赞助人。
3. I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time
   我告诉路易，一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。
4. Do you look forward to old age, or do you dread frailty, loss of memory and dependence on others?
   你是期望变老，还是害怕自己年迈体衰、记忆减退，而且还要依赖他人？
5. Incontinence is not just a condition of old age.
   大小便失禁不仅仅是一种老年病。
6. Matilda was born in northern Italy in 1046 and apparently lived to a ripe old age
   玛蒂尔达1046年出生在意大利北部，据信享有高寿。
7. How well off you are in old age is largely determined by race, sex, and marital status.
   老年生活的幸福程度在很大程度上取决于种族、性别以及婚姻状况。
8. The elderly relative had died of old age.
   这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
9. They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age
   他们担心自己晚年的生活保障问题。
10. In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters.
    这两个人晚年时互通信函，诉说怀旧感伤之情。
11. In Britain today we tend to consider old age as a social problem
    在当今英国我们往往将老龄视为社会问题。
12. He is unable to travel much because of old age.
    他年事已高，不能频繁出游。
13. These people seem to think that reading a few books on old age qualifies them as experts.
    这些人似乎以为自己读了几本关于老年人的书就可以算作专家了。
14. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age
    而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
15. Ben's getting a little testy in his old age.
    上了年纪后本变得有点性急了。
16. The deceased died of old age.
    已故者死于年迈。
17. In New China, care during childbirth, old age and illness, as well as burial arrangements, are all guaranteed for the labouring people.
    在新中国，劳动人民生老病死都有依靠。
18. He is laying aside [ laying by] money for his old age.
    他在积储钱以备晚年之用。
19. The old man spent his old age in contentment.
    那位老人晚年过得很称心。
20. I never dreamt that I would spend my old age in such comfort and happiness.
    我做梦也没想到我能过这样舒适幸福的晚年。
21. Old age disabled him for hard work.
    年迈使他不能胜任繁重工作。
22. He saved money against old age.
    他攒钱防老。
23. His health degenerated with disease and old age.
    他的健康随着疾病和年老而衰退。
24. He made Shanghai his home in his old age.
    他晚年寓居上海。
25. Life often seems to be marked off into different periods; schooldays, marriage, old age.
    生命似乎分为三个不同时期：学生时代，结婚，老年。
26. Now's the time to salt something away for your old age.
    现在是你储存点东西防老的时候了。
27. In her old age, my aunt had contracted a strong friendship with a retired sea-captain.
    我姨妈在老年时和一个退休了的船长结下了深厚的友谊。
28. There were young people around, which took away the loneliness of old age.
    跟前有了年轻人，就消除了晚年的寂寞。
29. I want a mile peace, a little quiet and tranquillity for my old age.
    我上年纪了，需要一点和平，一点安了和平静。

noun

1. a late time of life
   1. old age is not for sissies
   2. he's showing his years
   3. age hasn't slowed him down at all
   4. a beard white with eld
   5. on the brink of geezerhood

   Synonym:    yearsageeldgeezerhood