vs.

    old 对比 elderly
    分析 词典对比 组词对比


    • Aged】 , 【old】 , 【elderly】 and 【superannuated】 when applied to persons mean far advanced in years.

      Aged】 implies extreme 【old】 age with signs of feebleness or, sometimes, senility.

      • the 【aged】 creature came, shuffling along with ivoryheaded wand
        Keats

      Old】 stresses the years of one′s life, but in itself carries no connotations of marked decline.

      • a man, old】 , wrinkled, faded, withered
        Shak.

      Elderly】 may imply no more than that the prime of life has been passed.

      • when you see me again I shall be an 【old】 man—that was a slip, I meant to say elderly
        —J. R.
        Loweliy

      Superannuated】 indicates that one has been retired or pensioned because of having reached a certain age.

      • varying in different callings
      • superannuated】 teachers
      • superannuated】 judges

      Sometimes the word implies merely that one has passed the years of usefulness and with this denotation it is applied to things as well as to persons.

  • 主题笔记
    简典