age noun ⇨age (at the age of 18)⇨period (the nuclear age)⇨years (It's an age since I saw him.)age
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age ♦︎ generation ♦︎ age group ♦︎ peer groupThese are all words for the number of years that a person has lived, or a group of people who have lived for about the same number of years.這些詞均表示年齡或同齡人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the younger / older generation / age group◆people of your own age / generation◆people of all ages / generations / age groups■age [countable, uncountable] the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed; a particular period of a person's life年齡;年齡段◆He left school at the age of 18.他18歲讀完中學。◆children from 5-10 years of age5到10歲的兒童◆When I was your age I was already married.我在你這個年紀已經結婚了。◆He started playing the piano at an early age.他幼年就開始彈鋼琴。◆She was beginning to feel her age(= feel that she was getting old).她開始感到自己上年紀了。◆ways of calculating the age of the earth計算地球年齡的方法◆15 is an awkward age.15歲是個尴尬的年齡。◆It was only now, in middle age, that she was beginning to enjoy life.直到現在,人到中年時,她才開始享受生活。◆He died of old age.他終其天年。■generation [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] all the people who were born at about the same time; a single stage in the history of a family; a group of people of similar age involved in a particular activity(統稱)一代人;(家族史中的)一代;一批(參與某活動的同齡人)◆The older generation tends to have more traditional views.老一輩人常常有較傳統的觀念。◆My generation has grown up without the experience of a world war.我們這一代人沒有經歷過世界大戰。◆I often wonder what future generations will make of our efforts.我常常想,後人將怎樣評價我們的努力。◆These stories were passed down from generation to generation.這些故事一代一代傳了下來。◆a first- / second-generation American(= a person whose family has lived in America for one / two generations)第一代/第二代美國人◆She has inspired a whole generation of fashion school graduates.她激勵了一整屆時裝學校的畢業生。 see also generation ⇨ period■ˈage group [countable] people of a similar age or within a particular range of ages年齡組;年齡段◆men in the older age group較高年齡段的男性◆education for the 16-18 age group16至18歲年齡段的教育■ˈpeer group [countable] a group of people of the same age or social status同齡群體;社會地位相同的群體◆She gets on well with her peer group.她和同齡人相處融洽。◆He started smoking because of peer-group pressure.由於無法抗拒同侪壓力,他開始吸煙。 see also peer ⇨ peerNOTE辨析 Generation, age group or peer group?Your generation is people who are nearer your age than your parents' or your children's ages. Your age group may be a much narrower range of ages: age group is often used in official forms and figures, and the exact range of ages may be stated. * generation指一代人,如你和你的父母、你和兒女分屬兩代人;age group所指年齡段更窄,常見於官方表格或數據,而且可能會具體說明所指年齡範圍◆the 16-18 generation/peer groupYour peer group includes the people of your own age that you actually know and are influenced by. * peer group指那些與你同齡、你認識並受其影響的人◆She gets on well with her generation/age group.
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