知識點三 elderly,elder 與 old

三詞均可指“年老的,年邁的”。其區(qū)別是:old指年事已高,接近生命的終點;elder表示 “年齡較大的,年長的”,指相對于某人或某事來說年齡比較大;elderly指已過中年,意為 “較老的,接近老年的”,是絕對意義上的年紀(jì)較大,常有尊敬和威嚴(yán)的意味。

3.  (選詞填空) She was an (elderly,elder,old) woman,perhaps sixty years old.

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