senile

adjective

/ˈsiːnaɪl/

behaving in a confused or strange way, and unable to remember things, because you are old衰老的；年老糊涂的
- I think she's going senile.我想她是衰老了。
- He was looking at me as if I’d suddenly gone senile.他看着我，好像我突然变老了。
- That senile old fool!那个老傻瓜！
Collocations The ages of life
The ages of life年龄段Childhood/youth童年／青年时期
- be born and raised/bred in ; into a wealthy/middle-class family
- have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood有幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年
- grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场
- be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)是独生子
- reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty进入／经历青春期
- be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁
- undergo/experience physical/psychological changes经历生理／心理变化
- give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure屈服于／顶住同辈的压力
- assert your independence/individuality维护独立／个性
Adulthood成年
- leave school/university/home中学／大学毕业；离家
- go out to work (at sixteen)（16 岁）投身工作
- get/find a job/partner找到工作／伴侣
- be/get engaged/married订婚；结婚
- have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作
- settle down and have kids/children/a family安定下来并生儿育女
- begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯
- prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人人生／某人职业生涯的转折点
- reach/be well into/settle into middle age进入／安度中年
- have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis经历中年危机
- take/consider early retirement提前退休；考虑提前退休
- approach/announce/enjoy your retirement临近／宣布／享受退休
Old age老年
- have/see/spend time with your grandchildren有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光
- take up/pursue/develop a hobby开始／追求／培养一种爱好
- get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活
- approach/save for/die from old age临近晚年；存钱养老；老死
- live to a ripe old age高寿
- reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语）
- be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)变得衰老（常作反语）
- die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness在睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世
Topics Life stagesc2
(medical医学) (of a medical condition医疗状况) caused by old age老年：老年引起
- senile cataracts老年性白内障

词源mid 17th cent.: from French sénile or Latin senilis, from senex ‘old man’.

词汇	senile
释义	senile adjective /ˈsiːnaɪl/ /ˈsiːnaɪl/ behaving in a confused or strange way, and unable to remember things, because you are old衰老的；年老糊涂的 I think she's going senile.我想她是衰老了。 He was looking at me as if I’d suddenly gone senile.他看着我，好像我突然变老了。 That senile old fool!那个老傻瓜！ Collocations The ages of lifeThe ages of life年龄段Childhood/youth童年／青年时期 be born and raised/bred in ; into a wealthy/middle-class family have a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhood有幸福／不幸／艰苦的童年 grow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farm成长于音乐之家／孤儿院／农场 be/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)是独生子 reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/puberty进入／经历青春期 be in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twenties十几岁；二十出头；二十五岁左右；将近三十岁 undergo/experience physical/psychological changes经历生理／心理变化 give in to/succumb to/resist peer pressure屈服于／顶住同辈的压力 assert your independence/individuality维护独立／个性 Adulthood成年 leave school/university/home中学／大学毕业；离家 go out to work (at sixteen)（16 岁）投身工作 get/find a job/partner找到工作／伴侣 be/get engaged/married订婚；结婚 have/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady job有妻子／丈夫／按揭贷款／稳定的工作 settle down and have kids/children/a family安定下来并生儿育女 begin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)开始（政治／科学／音乐）职业生涯 prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/career最终成为／代表／标志／达到某人人生／某人职业生涯的转折点 reach/be well into/settle into middle age进入／安度中年 have/suffer/go through a midlife crisis经历中年危机 take/consider early retirement提前退休；考虑提前退休 approach/announce/enjoy your retirement临近／宣布／享受退休 Old age老年 have/see/spend time with your grandchildren有孙辈；与孙辈共度时光 take up/pursue/develop a hobby开始／追求／培养一种爱好 get/receive/draw/collect/live on a pension得到／提取／领取退休金；靠退休金生活 approach/save for/die from old age临近晚年；存钱养老；老死 live to a ripe old age高寿 reach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)活到 102／23 岁高龄（常作反语） be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)变得衰老（常作反语） die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illness在睡梦中／患病不久（平静地）离开人世 Topics Life stagesc2 (medical医学) (of a medical condition医疗状况) caused by old age老年：老年引起 senile cataracts老年性白内障词源mid 17th cent.: from French sénile or Latin senilis, from senex ‘old man’.
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