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age TIME SPENT ALIVEeIdVnthe period of time someone has been alive or something has existed(人或事物的)年龄，年岁He never lets anyone know his real age. [C]他从不让任何人知道他的真实年龄。Do you know the age of that building? [C]你知道那座楼房的年龄吗?What age (=how old) is your brother? [C]你的兄弟几岁了?He's about your age. [C]他与你的年龄相仿。He's about the same age as you. [C]他与你的年龄差不多。She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel. [U]她写第一部小说的时候是74岁。He left home at the age of 16. [C]他16岁离开家。I was married with four children at your age (when I was your age). [C]我在你这个年龄时，已结婚并有4个孩子了。You should know better at your age. [C]在你这个年龄应该知道得更多些。Oh be / act your age (=behave in a way suitable for someone as old as you)! [C]别犯孩子气!She's starting to show / look her age (=to look as old as she is). [C]她开始显老了。I'm really beginning to feel my age (=feel old). [C]我的确开始感到老了。His girlfriend's twice his age (=twice as old as he is). [C]他女朋友的年龄比他大一倍。Her skin was loose and wrinkled with (=because of) age. [U]她的皮肤由于年龄而又松又皱。This cheese / wine improves with age (=as it gets older). [U]这种乳酪/葡萄酒年代越久，味道越好。Her temper doesn't improve with age! [U]她的脾气没有随着年龄增长而变好。"What's the age limit?" "You have to be over 16."“年龄限制是多少?”“你必须要在16岁以上。”He was prosecuted for having sex with a girl who was under age (=younger than the age at which it is legal to have sex). [U]他由于与一个未成年的女孩发生性关系而被起诉。The clothes are being marketed for people in the over-50 age group (=all the people who are over 50)这些衣服的销售对象是50岁以上的人。The programmes are aimed at viewers in the 18--30 age range.这些节目的对象是年龄在18－30岁范围内的观众。51% of enquiries were from those in the 25 to 40 age bracket.51％的询问来自于年龄在25－40岁这一年龄档次的人。To come / be of age means to reach or be the age when you are legally recognized as an adult and become old enough to vote.成年If something has come of age, it has reached its full successful development.充分发展，成熟On the basis of this exhibition, her art can be said to have finally come of age.从这次展览来看，可以说她的艺术终于成熟了。If something is age-related, it happens mostly to people of a certain age.与年龄相关的The disease is known to be strongly age-related.人们已知这种病的传染与年龄有着极大的关系。Under-age drinkers are people who are too young to drink alcohol in public places (younger than 18 in Britain and Australia) and do so illegally.未到达法定年龄的非法饮酒者The age of consent is the age at which someone is considered by the law to be old enough to agree to have sex with someone.可发生性行为的法定年龄"Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety" (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra 2.2) “年龄无法使她枯萎，习俗也不能减损 / 她的千姿百态”(选自莎士比亚的《安东尼与克利欧佩特拉》)
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