
晚年
She found happiness in her later years.
她在晚年才寻得幸福。
His later years were devoted largely to charitable work.
他晚年主要从事慈善工作。
People exercise regularly can still enjoy good health in their later years.
经常运动的人在他们晚年的时候仍然能保持身体健康。
In his later years, he devoted all his time to a novel which proved to be a best-loved book.
到了晚年,他用全部时间写成了这本令人百读不厌的小说。
I can spend my later years, the twilight of my life, turning to the things about the gods, performing sacrifices commanded by the gods.
我可以在我往后的光阴,我生命的暮年,转向服伺众神,“执行众神所要求的祭典”。
|senectitude/afteryears;晚年
“later years”是英语中常见的词组,主要用于描述以下两种含义:
人生晚年阶段
指个体生命中的后期阶段,通常与老年生活、退休时期相关。例如:“Her later years were spent in artistic creation”(她的晚年致力于艺术创作)。这一用法常见于社会学和医学文献中,世界卫生组织将65岁及以上定义为“老年阶段”。
时间或事件的后期
指某段时期、项目或历史进程的末尾部分。例如:“In the later years of the project, funding decreased”(项目后期资金减少)。牛津英语词典将其解释为“特定时间段靠后的部分”。
该词组在不同语境下的具体含义需结合上下文判断。语言学研究表明,“later years”在文学作品中常隐喻时间流逝与生命反思,如莎士比亚研究中对《暴风雨》晚年主题的分析。
“later years”是一个英语短语,通常有以下两种含义:
指一个人生命中的后期阶段,尤其是老年时期。
例句:
She devoted her later years to charity work.
(她晚年致力于慈善事业。)
指特定时间段(如世纪、朝代、项目等)的末尾阶段。
例句:
The technology became widespread in the later years of the 1990s.
(这项技术在20世纪90年代后期普及。)
如果需要进一步分析具体语境中的用法,可以提供例句或场景。
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