| 词汇 | elderly |
| 释义 | elderly adjective uk /ˈel.dəl.i/ us /ˈel.dɚ.li/ B1 polite word for old: （带有敬意）年老的;上了年纪的;年纪较大的 elderly relatives/parents年迈的亲戚／父母 Compare agedadjective senioradjective having lived for many years oldHe was an old man. elderlyA large number of elderly people live alone. the elderlyMany among the elderly cannot afford to pay their electricity bills. agedHe has to look after his aged aunt. ageingUKThe ageing chairman was forced to retire. An elderly couple live next door. Please give up your seat to an elderly or disabled person if they require it. She was too elderly and infirm to remain at home.她过于年老体弱而无法继续住在家里。 I took my elderly parents to look at some new houses.我带着年迈的父母看了一些新盖的房子。 An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.赫尔市的一位老人在被正式宣布死亡后居然活了过来，令医生们大惑不解。 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 people who are old elderly noun[ plural ] uk /ˈel.dəl.i/ us /ˈel.dɚ.li/ the elderly C1 old people considered as a group: （总称）老人，上了年纪的人 The city is building new housing for the elderly.这座城市正在为老年人修建新的住房。 Compare the aged having lived for many years oldHe was an old man. elderlyA large number of elderly people live alone. the elderlyMany among the elderly cannot afford to pay their electricity bills. agedHe has to look after his aged aunt. ageingUKThe ageing chairman was forced to retire. 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 elderly | American Dictionaryelderly adjective us/ˈel·dər·li/ old: William is nearly 50, and his parents are elderly. elderly noun[ pl ] us/ˈel·dər·li/ old people considered as a group: The city is building new housing for the elderly. Examples of elderlyelderly Relationships between the frail elderly's informal and formal helpers. Theories of family labor as applied to gender differences in caregiving for elderly parents. Subjects were selected by neighbourhood canvassing of elderly residents age 60 and over through a quota sampling procedure. In this way, 607 'frail elderly people' remained. A scale was developed, measuring the extent to which frail elderly people themselves express a need for living in such a home. Quality of care: testing some measures in homes for elderly people. The village chief was, after all, one of the elderly males of the community. Is depression in elderly people followed by dementia ? Long-term benzodiazepine use by elderly people living in the community. Increased sensitivity of the elderly to the effects of diazepam. Cognitive performance in tests sensitive to frontal lobe dysfunction in the elderly depressed. Therefore, generalization of our results to elderly subjects can be problematic. How effective and safe is continuation therapy in elderly depressed patients : factors affecting relapse rate. A controlled study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment of depression in the elderly. How were they supported in a society that placed the uppermost responsibility for caring for the elderly upon their children ? See all examples of elderly 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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