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senility

/si-nil-i-tee/US // sɪˈnɪl ɪ ti //

衰老,衰老症,老年痴呆症,老年痴呆

Related Words

feebleness软弱无力,软弱,软弱性,软弱无能decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降age年龄,年龄段,年龄大小,年龄大小的问题dotage笼统的说,笼统,笼统的说法,笼统地讲senescence衰老,老化,退化,老年化decrepitude颓废,衰弱,腐朽性,衰退senectitude感性,感性思维,感知力,感情anility灵活性,不屈不挠,不屈不挠的精神,无能second childhood第二童年,第二个童年,二胎,二胎时代caducity寅吃卯粮,寅寅卯卯,寅恪,寅时old age老年,老年人,高龄,老龄化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounold age
Synonyms
age年龄,年龄段,年龄大小,年龄大小的问题decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降dotage笼统的说,笼统,笼统的说法,笼统地讲feebleness软弱无力,软弱,软弱性,软弱无能senescence衰老,老化,退化,老年化anility灵活性,不屈不挠,不屈不挠的精神,无能second childhood第二童年,第二个童年,二胎,二胎时代senectitude感性,感性思维,感知力,感情
nounfeebleness in old age
Synonyms
decrepitude颓废,衰弱,腐朽性,衰退dotage笼统的说,笼统,笼统的说法,笼统地讲caducity寅吃卯粮,寅寅卯卯,寅恪,寅时old age老年,老年人,高龄,老龄化

Examples

  • Whether it was actual ignorance, senility, or some obscure test, it's hard to know.

  • With senility's fingers at his throat, it was clear that no more movies were going to be made.

  • Adrift in senility and depression, Hitchcock is dismantling his life, putting it away.

  • His father was near senility, his mother was overbearing, and the household was in financial straits.

  • Like senility, there is no way to stop sebaceous hyperplasia from advancing, either.

  • We, fools as we are, know how to pay the proper respect that is due to senility and second-childishness.

  • It would seem that we lawyers have taken insufficient account of the characteristics of senility.

  • I should like to add to what precedes, that senility presents fact and judgment together.

  • The deep red hue of a frosty and vigorous senility still coloured their unwrinkled faces.

  • Those who have clung so hard to their bodies, must galvanise them again with rheumatism and senility and mortgage-ridden minds.

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