她尚年轻，不足以担当此任<» ◊ How oid is t/iis budding? 这座—筑已有多少年了？ oHe’st/ie oidestpZayer f/i the
team. ‘是队里年大的队员9 ◊ She’s much oWer than me.她的年龄比我大得多。
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NOT YOUNG 不年轻 2 having lived for a long
time; no longer young老的；年纪大的；不年轻的：to gei/grow ofd.上幸纪了
◊
TTie oM man Zay propped up on'cus/ifons. 老人靠在塾子上躺着。◊ She was a woman grown oZd before
her time (= who looked older than she was). M 显得未老先衰。young
3 the old noun [pi.] old people 老年人.：The old feel the cold more than the young•老年人比年轻人怕冷。
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NOT NEW |H 4 having
existed or been used for a long time存在（或使用）时间长的；陈旧的；古老的:oW habits ■旧 *4 惯◊ He ahvays gives the same oZd excuses.他 总是找那些 i 掉牙的借口。◊ rhis
ca/pet’s getting pretty oM now.这块地毯现在已经很旧了。 CHS new 5 [only before, noun] former; belonging to past times or
a past time in your life 过i 的；从前的：Things were different in the oZd days.从前的情
&可不一样。of went back to visft my oW sc/iooZ•我®
未.拜访
j 母校。◊ 〇W and MfddZe Engfch古英语釦中古英语6 [only before noun】 used to refer to sth that has been replaced by sth else
(用于指称被替代昨东西）原来的，原先的：We had more room fn oi/r o〖d house.我们原先的房子比较宽敞。
r*nn NEW 7 [only
before noun] Icnown for a long time 相 识时间长的；结 k 久的：She’s cm oW _/Wend 〇/ mine (= I have known her for a long
time).她ji我的一个老朋友。
◊
We’re o〖d rivaZs•我们是老对头。一compare recent
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GOOD OLD/POOR OLD 可爱；可怜 8 [only before noun] (informal) used to show affection or a
lack of respect
(表示亲昵或不拘礼节）：Good oW
Dad/可爱的老爸！
◊
Ybu poor oW thing/ 你这可怜的家伙！ ◊
Z hate her, the s必〇W cow/我恨她，那个笨蛋老女人！
ll»rai 'any old how (informal) in a careless or untidy
way 随便地；凌乱地：The books were piled up all over the仰or any oW how.地板上书堆得乱七八糟的，到处
都蠢。’any old ... (informal) any item of the type
mentioned (used when it is not important which particular item is chosen)任何一个；随便哪个：Any oZd room wouZd have done.如便哪间屋子命行。as old as the _hH丨s very old; ancient 古土的；悠久的 for ’old
times’ sake if you do sth for old times’ sake, you do it because it is
connected with sth good that happened to you in the past看在旧日的情分上；念及老交情the 'good/'bad old days an earlier period of
time in your life or in history that is seen as better/worse than the present 往昔的碎 / 苦日子：That was m the
bad oW days 〇/rampant f咕ation.那是在物价飞涨、生活艰难的往昔。
of ’old (/brnifl/ or //fcra〇/) in or since past times 在往 昔；以前：in days 〇/ 从前◊ We《now
him 〇/ oZd ._(= we have known
him for a long time).我们认识他很
久了:。old 'boy, 'chap, 'man, etc. {old-fashioned, BrE,
informal) used by older men of the
middle and upper classes as a friendly way of addressing another man (中上阶层男子对其他男子的友好称呼）老兄，伙计，哥
-fH jL old enough to be sb^
'father/'mother (^/sap- proving) very much older than sb
(especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the
two people is not appropriate)论年龄足心当某人的
爹/娘（尤指双方在爱情或性关系方面不相配）old
enough to
know 'better old enough to behave in a more sensible way than you
actually did'已长大■，该懂 事了（have)
an old head on young 'shoulders used to describe a young person who acts
in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person of their age 年 轻臺练；士年老成.the 丨,same) o丨d ’story, what usually happens也常的事情；（仍旧是）那么回事：Jt’s t/ie same old story of a badly
managed project with inadequate /imciing.又是一桩资金短缺、经营不善的老故事。an old 'wives* tale (disapproving) an old idea or belief
that has been proved not to be scientific 不经之谈；不科学的
陈腐思想 one of the • old school an old-fashioned person
who likes to do things as they were done in the past守旧的人；保守派人物一see also old school —more at chip
n., fool n., grand adj., heave-ho,
HIGH
adj., MONEY, RIPE, SETTLE V.,
TEACH, TOUGH adj., TRICK n.
1387 o>de
SYNONYMS同义词辨析 old
elderly ♦
aged ♦ long-lived ♦ mature
These
words all describe sb who has lived for a long time or that usually lives for a
long time•.以上各词,均
形容人年纪大、长寿。
old having
lived for a long time; no longer young 指 .幸老、年纪太：She’s getting old~~she’s. 75 next year.
她上年纪了，明年就7?岁了。
elderly (rather formal) used as a polite word for 'old' *〇ld的委婉语，指年纪大的、上了年纪的：She/‘s very
busy caring for two elderly relatives.她在it;着照. 顾两个年老的亲戚。
agecT(/ormfl/)
very old 指年迈的 v.年老的：Wflv/>7g aged relatives to stay in
your house can be quite sfress/w/.年迈的亲i住長家里有时压力相当大。
long-lived having a long
life; lasting for a long time 指寿命长的、长寿的、经久耐用的、持久的：
Everyone
in my family is exceptionally long-lived. Sc 11 1 家每个人都特别长寿。
mature used as a polite or humorous way of saying
that sb is no longer young礼貌或幽默的▲法，—某 入已成年或.不再年轻：c/o沩es /or.执e mature vvowfl/i
成年妇女的服装
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
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a(n) old/elderly/aged/long-lived/mature man/ woman
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a(n) old/elderly/aged/mature gentleman/lady/ couple
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fairly/quite old/elderly/aged/long-lived/mature
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very/really/extremely
old/elderly/aged/long-lived
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remarkably old/long-lived
,old 'age noun [U] the time of your life when you are old
老年；暮年：OW age can bring many
problems.人老麻
烦_。◊报■ Hved aZone m his oW age.他孑然一身度政
晚年。
.old-age
'pension noun
(Br^) a regular income paid by
the state to people above a particular age 养老金；老牟
抚恤金
.old-age
'pensioner noun
{abbr. OAP) (BrE, becoming old-fashioned) a person who receives an old-age pension 领‘老金者
一
see
also senior citizen ,old age se'curity noun [U] {abbr. OAS) {Can£) a regular income paid by the government to
people above the age of 65 (加拿大政府给65岁以上的人定期发放的）老
年保障金，养老金
the Old Bai-ley /,auld 'belli; NAmE ,ould/ noun the main criminal court in London老贝利（伦敦中央刑事
法院）
,old 'bat noun
(BrE, informal, disapproving) a silly or annoying old person愚i的老人；傻i帽儿 the ,Old 1 Bill now/7 [sing.] (8/£,
/>7/o/77?fl/) the police 警方 old boy noun 1 'old boy (fir£) a man who used to be a student at a
particular school, usually a private one (常指私立学6的）校友 2 ,〇丨d ’boy (/n/om?fl/，espec/My an old man 老人；老头：rhe oW boy next door has
died.隔壁的老头去世了。一 see also old girl the ,old 'boy network (BrE, informal) the practice of men who went to the same
school using their influence to help each other at work or socially 校友关系■网；老同学 间的互相关照
,old 1 buffer now/i = buffers.
(4). the 'old
country now/? [sing.】 the country where you were bora,
especially when you have left it to live somewhere else 祖国；故国.
_old
’dear not//?(价£，/n/ormfl/) an old woman 老太太；
老婆婆
olde /auld; 'soldi; NAmE ould; 'ouldi/ adj. [only before noun] (old use) a way of spelling that was used in