octogenarian
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌɒk.təʊ.dʒəˈneə.ri.ən]
- 美式音标 [ˌɑːk.toʊ.dʒəˈner.i.ən]
- 国际音标 [,ɔktədʒi'nεəriən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 八十岁到八十九岁的人
- adj. 八十岁到八十九岁的
英汉例句
- Marius on that barricade after the octogenarian was the vision of the young revolution after the apparition of the old.
马吕斯继那八十岁老人之后，屹立在街垒上，这是继老革命而起的新生革命的形象。 - He was a comparatively young man and did not unnecessarily wish to tie himself to an octogenarian, although a millionairess.
相对来说，他还算年轻，不 必白白地将自己捆绑在一个老女人身上，尽管她是一位女百万富翁。 - The problem is that the younger successor is also an octogenarian. And he too is quite sick, having battled—or perhaps he is still battling—cancer.
但问题在于，这位稍显年轻的继承人也已经是耄耋之年，此外，他的健康状况也不好，已经或正在与癌症搏斗。 - The Pope is an octogenarian, and though many 80-year-olds have switched to email, many have not.
FORBES: The Not-So-Secret Vatican Archives - The octogenarian, it turns out, has an uncanny gut for what plays in the digital world.
FORBES: Li Ka-shing's Midas Touch - Octogenarian President Hosni Mubarak's encroaching death is liable to cause a similar shift in the opposite direction.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Strategic foundations of the US-Israel alliance
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- a person who is between 80 and 89 years old
- An octogenarian is a person who is between eighty and eighty-nine years old.