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- (of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties（人）老年的, 高龄的; 衰老的：
she couldn't cope with her senile husband.
她无法应付年迈的丈夫。
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- (of a condition) characteristic of or caused by old age（状态）年老的; 年老引发的：
senile decay.
老朽。
- a senile person老年人：
you never know where you stand with these so-called seniles.
你永远不知道如何处理你与这些所谓的老年人之间的关系。
派生词
senility
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from French sénile or Latin senilis, from senex 'old man'.