| 词汇 | octogenarian |
| 释义 | octogenarian noun[ C ] uk /ˌɒk.təʊ.dʒəˈneə.ri.ən/ us /ˌɑːk.toʊ.dʒəˈner.i.ən/ a person who is between 80 and 89 years old八旬老人，80至89岁的人 The elderly advanced advancing age aged ageism crock gaffer geriatrics gerontological gerontologist gerontology golden oldie infirmity old-timer oldie pension fund pensioner rest home the gray dollar the grey market You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Describing age & birthdays Examples of octogenarianoctogenarian In summary, the women, especially the octogenarians and septuagenarians, proceeded from familiar routines, both when they went food shopping and when they cooked. Female heads would have appeared even older than their male counterparts had octogenarians, whose ages may have been exaggerated, been excluded from consideration. The variable patterns of productive activity among people aged in the fifties and sixties converged towards a core of home-based productivity, with comparatively little variation among octogenarians. He spoke with an octogenarian urbanity which is characterstic of him and with that cool and considered calm which usually characterises all his utterances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have octogenarians here, and doing very well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He certainly would not be the first octogenarian to play an important international role. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know roughly when the person qualified and whether we are dealing with an octogenarian or a young man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You will find the genial octogenarian coming up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The octogenarian tendency in the other place shows remarkable signs of life, and great spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not eight years old in computer terms but octogenarian because the free flow of information technology has outstripped all of the initial proposals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is by the exercise here and now of the very opposite spirit that we may help to end that octogenarian schism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That figure will increase to over 1 million by 2000 —the largest number of octogenarians this country has ever had. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I came of age in 1929 when anyone not yet an octogenarian would have been a schoolboy or perhaps even unborn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was referring to my distinguished octogenarian predecessor of the same surname, who, unhappily, is not with us to appreciate the joke and the flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I certainly hope that the new entries will not be aged people of sixty or seventy or even touching the extreme senility of the octogenarian. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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