age的用法說(shuō)明 1.

表示年齡，注意以下幾組同義句 (后者比前者正式)：How old ishe?＝What’s his age? 他多大年紀(jì)? He is ten (years old). ＝Heis ten years of age. 他10歲。He joined the army at (the ageof) 18. ＝ He joined the army when he was 18 (years old). 他18歲參軍。2. 英語(yǔ)中表示年老和年輕的習(xí)慣與漢語(yǔ)不完全相同： 正：He is very old (young). 　他年紀(jì)很大 (小)。誤：His age is very old (young). 正：He died at the early age of forty. 他年僅40歲就死了。誤：He died at the young age of forty. (雖偶見(jiàn)此用法，但 學(xué)生不宜模仿)值得注意的是，old age 和 middle age 卻是合符習(xí)慣的表達(dá)：Who is going to look after them in their old age? 他們年老的時(shí)候誰(shuí)來(lái)照顧他們呢? A person of 40 has reached middle age. 一個(gè)40歲的人就算已經(jīng)進(jìn)入了中年。3. 按英國(guó)習(xí)慣：(1) 人到了21歲就算成年，并因此引出有下列短語(yǔ)：come of age 達(dá)到成年 be over age 過(guò)了成年be under age 未到成年be under age (2) 另外，人到了65歲就算步入“老年” (old age)，并因此有相應(yīng)短語(yǔ) in (old) age 年老 / with age 因?yàn)槟昀稀?. 表示“時(shí)期”、“時(shí)代”，多用單數(shù)形式；表示“很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間”，可用復(fù)數(shù)形式也可用單數(shù)形式：The 18th century was the goldenage of tt-family: 宋體">世紀(jì)是小說(shuō)的黃金時(shí)代。It’s ages [an age] since we last met. 好久不見(jiàn)了。(I) Haven’t seen you for ages[an age]. 好久不見(jiàn)了。