elder 的 2 个定义
a comparative of old, with eldest as superlative.
- a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- an aged person.
- an influential member of a tribe or community, often a chief or ruler; a superior.
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elder 近义词
born earlier
older person
更多elder例句
- In this country, everything is disposable and expendable, and our elders are one of the greatest resources we have in this country and in the world.
- Mallott took the stage, talking about his youth in Southeast Alaska and the importance of elders and youths working together to improve safety, security and respect.
- An elder sister whose eyes were always forlorn had revealed that her husband used to whip her and that she had even thought of ending her life.
- After the game, the elder Thompson intercepted a reporter’s question about the shirts directed at his son.
- Nursing homes and other elder care facilities have needed to change since well before coronavirus.
- “Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer,” the elder Brown had said last week in a public-service video.
- Our escort, Hajji Zalwar Khan, is the chief elder in charge of the valley council.
- As another elder in the valley put it—perhaps more succinctly—“emotions are for women.”
- He speaks of her much as he might of his elder son, the SEAL.
- William Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard, was in rare agreement with the elder Paul.
- Here the speaker, putting her hand before her mouth, coughed again, and looked affectionately at the elder Mr. Weller.
- “My sister is passionately fond of children,” said the elder lady, in smiling apology.
- "All right, Pater," you would say, and leave the matter in the hands of the elder generation.
- You see, your two elder brothers went to the University, but then we could find them family livings.
- Moreover, it circulated over all the state where the Elder was well known, and gave the gossips great food for delight.