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older

/ohl-der/US // ˈoʊl dər //UK // (ˈəʊldə) //

年长者,较年长的,老年,年长的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : a comparative of old.

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Examples

  • Do you think that as we get older our thoughts shift to the more abstract, the music, than the definite, the lyrics?

  • But as you get older, I find I get more tunes and I have to work harder at the words.

  • The older boy climbed in first, followed by the younger son and then their mother.

  • Ramos was 38—nearly two decades older than the average recruit.

  • Julio Cardenas, 25 and an MC from the group RCA, was older but with a youthful smile that hid the harsher sides of Cuban life.

  • Of this older view much still survives, and much that is ennobling.

  • To Harry's surprise, the soldier detailed to go with him proved to be a boy, not much older than himself.

  • All religions, the Christian religion included, are adaptations or variants of older religions.

  • I have an adopted sister, six years older than myself, who married twelve years ago.

  • Awe stole upon him; he felt himself included in the great ideal of this older day.