elder
adjective /ˈeldə(r)/
/ˈeldər/
- [only before noun] (of people, especially two members of the same family
指人，尤指同一家庭里两个成员中 年纪较长的 - my elder brother
我的哥哥 - his elder sister
他的姐姐
- my elder brother
- the elderused without a noun immediately after it to show who is the older of two people
（后面不紧跟名词，指两者中的）较年长者 - the elder of their two sons
他们的两个儿子中年纪较大的那个
- the elder of their two sons
- the elder(formal) used before or after somebody’s name to show that they are the older of two people who have the same name
（用于人名前或后，指同名的两个人中）年龄较大的一个 - the elder Pitt
老皮特 - Pitt the elder
老皮特
Synonyms oldoldcompare the younger- elderly
- aged
- long-lived
- mature
- old having lived for a long time; no longer young:
- She’s getting old—she’s 75 next year.
她上年纪了，明年就 75 岁了。
- She’s getting old—she’s 75 next year.
- elderly (rather formal) used as a polite word for ‘old’:
old 的委婉语，指年纪较大的、上了年纪的： - She is very busy caring for two elderly relatives.
她在忙着照顾两个年老的亲戚。
- She is very busy caring for two elderly relatives.
- aged (formal) very old:
指年迈的、年老的： - Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful.
年迈的亲戚住在家里有时压力相当大。
- Having aged relatives to stay in your house can be quite stressful.
- long-lived having a long life; lasting for a long time:
- Everyone in my family is exceptionally long-lived.
我们家每个人都特别长寿。
- Everyone in my family is exceptionally long-lived.
- mature used as a polite or humorous way of saying that somebody is no longer young:
- clothes for the mature woman
成年妇女的服装
- clothes for the mature woman
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/long-lived/mature man/woman
- a(n) old/elderly/aged/mature gentleman/lady/couple
- the elder Pitt
词源adjective Old English ieldra, eldra, of Germanic origin; related to German älter, also to old.