age-old
adjective/ˌeɪdʒ ˈəʊld/
/ˌeɪdʒ ˈəʊld/
[usually before noun]- having existed for a very long time
古老的；已存在很久的 - an age-old custom/problem
古老的风俗；由来已久的问题
Extra Examples- All the villagers followed the age-old custom of taking a siesta after lunch.
所有村民都遵循着午饭后午睡的古老习俗。 - How do you tackle the age-old problem of corruption in politics?
您如何解决政治腐败这一由来已久的问题？ - The city is the centre of an age-old civilization.
这座城市是一个古老文明的中心。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAge-old is used with these nouns:- argument
- custom
- debate
- …
- an age-old custom/problem