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单词 senior citizen
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Definition of senior citizen in English:

senior citizen

noun
  • An elderly person, especially an old-age pensioner.

    (尤指领养老金的)老年人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Refreshments will be served and the special guests will be the senior citizens who took part in the project.
    • Post retirement, many senior citizens may find it difficult to cope with the change.
    • At the age of sixty Pauline had a Golden Age party - a celebration of being a senior citizen, the beginning of a new and exciting phase of life.
    • I wonder how many senior citizens can increase their pensions to met inflation.
    • Most of the senior citizens prefer and desire to travel according to their pockets.
    • The senior citizens annual party will take place in early May and invitations will be going out shortly.
    • The two had been corresponding over concessions to senior citizens.
    • Firstly, the Citadel hosts local groups, for mother and toddlers, senior citizens and others.
    • As a retired senior citizen living on a main road, I would like to apply for £4,000 worth of improvement work to be carried out on my property.
    • Special concession rates are available for families, senior citizens and students.
    • The problems faced by senior citizens in South Africa also occur in neighbouring countries.
    • Wednesday's lovely sunshine greatly added to the enjoyment of the day for the senior citizens.
    • I am making this appeal on behalf of the little children, senior citizens and single mothers.
    • The government seems to be moving away from the pension for senior citizens.
    • Parliament had agreed to increase the pension rate for senior citizens, but in fact it wasn't being increased at all.
    • We invite senior citizens, especially our neighbours, to visit the Centre twice a month.
    • You have your pensioners - here in the US we have our senior citizens - I am one of them.
    • Then in the late 1970's, a crime wave and the creation of the League brought him out of retirement, already a senior citizen.
    • She wrote to fellow senior citizens across the country's nursing homes, encouraging them to follow her lead.
    • In any case, the demographic trend is in favour of senior citizens.
    Synonyms
    retired person, (old-age) pensioner, OAP
    old person, elderly person, elder, old fogey, dotard, Methuselah, patriarch
    North American senior, retiree, golden ager
    New Zealand superannuitant
    informal old stager, old-timer, oldie, ancient, wrinkly, crock, crumbly
    British informal buffer, josser
    North American informal oldster, woopie
    offensive geriatric
    literary senex
    rare retirer, pensionary

Definition of senior citizen in US English:

senior citizen

nounˈsinjər ˈsɪdɪzən
  • An elderly person, especially one who is retired and living on a pension.

    (尤指领养老金的)老年人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the age of sixty Pauline had a Golden Age party - a celebration of being a senior citizen, the beginning of a new and exciting phase of life.
    • Refreshments will be served and the special guests will be the senior citizens who took part in the project.
    • Then in the late 1970's, a crime wave and the creation of the League brought him out of retirement, already a senior citizen.
    • She wrote to fellow senior citizens across the country's nursing homes, encouraging them to follow her lead.
    • Firstly, the Citadel hosts local groups, for mother and toddlers, senior citizens and others.
    • Special concession rates are available for families, senior citizens and students.
    • You have your pensioners - here in the US we have our senior citizens - I am one of them.
    • Post retirement, many senior citizens may find it difficult to cope with the change.
    • Wednesday's lovely sunshine greatly added to the enjoyment of the day for the senior citizens.
    • The senior citizens annual party will take place in early May and invitations will be going out shortly.
    • In any case, the demographic trend is in favour of senior citizens.
    • The government seems to be moving away from the pension for senior citizens.
    • I wonder how many senior citizens can increase their pensions to met inflation.
    • I am making this appeal on behalf of the little children, senior citizens and single mothers.
    • Most of the senior citizens prefer and desire to travel according to their pockets.
    • We invite senior citizens, especially our neighbours, to visit the Centre twice a month.
    • As a retired senior citizen living on a main road, I would like to apply for £4,000 worth of improvement work to be carried out on my property.
    • The two had been corresponding over concessions to senior citizens.
    • The problems faced by senior citizens in South Africa also occur in neighbouring countries.
    • Parliament had agreed to increase the pension rate for senior citizens, but in fact it wasn't being increased at all.
    Synonyms
    retired person, pensioner, old-age pensioner, oap
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