| 词汇 | centenarian |
| 释义 | centenarian noun[ C ] uk /ˌsen.təˈneə.ri.ən/ us /ˌsen.t̬əˈner.i.ən/ someone who is a 100 years old or more百岁（或百岁以上的）老人 The elderly advanced advancing age aged ageism crock geriatrics gerontological gerontologist gerontology golden oldie infirmity old-timer oldie pension fund pensioner rest home the gray dollar the grey market the grey pound You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Describing age & birthdays By avoiding murderous food, we may hope to become centenarians. His prayer was that he might live to be a centenarian. His predecessor, almost a centenarian in years, had been laid to rest a few months before. Right after him another centenarian said he had lived over a hundred years, and he ascribed it to the fact that for the last fifty years he had hardly seen a sober moment. The only safe principle is to maintain, as long as possible, the life of all—the centenarian or the embryo conceived since the sun set. Examples of centenariancentenarian In centenarians, inflammaging is always accompanied by anti-inflammaging and their balance is likely to be crucial to attain healthy aging and longevity. Other data illustrating the importance of the immune system in healthy aging come from studies on centenarians. Self-rated health is on average somewhat lower among nonagenarians and centenarians, but the percentage reporting poor health is similar to that reported by octogenarians. Recent work indicates that the mortality of very old people, including centenarians, has fallen considerably, at least in those countries where good data exist. With regard to personality,33,34 centenarians showed more dominance, suspiciousness and imagination than younger old people, and exhibited more cognitive, as opposed to behavioural, coping. The body of a centenarian is quite capable of mounting an effective inflammatory response (good adaptation and remodelling), thus becoming more robust. The findings also illustrate that the effect differed by age, for the relationship was significant for octogenarians and nonagenarians but insignificant for centenarians. The baseline survey tried to interview all centenarians in the included areas. The results of this show a clear downward movement of death rates among very old people, including centenarians, since the mid-1950s in some cases, more recently in others. These resident domestic helpers not only perform household tasks but also look after the children and provide care for any vulnerable, sick or disabled family member, from infants to centenarians. Healthy centenarians, taken as an example of successful aging, are those who have a better capacity to adapt to damaging agents and in particular to immunological stressors. I have seen 18-year-olds and centenarians alike enjoying adult education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can ever plant for his own personal profit, unless he is a very young man who expects to live to be a centenarian. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A centenarian these days has a life expectancy of two years, and we expect the number of them to increase substantially. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not necessary to produce the centenarians to prove a path is a right of way. 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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