elder 用做形容词时指人的长幼顺序,通常只用在表亲属的名词前做定语,e.g. The boy playing in the garden is my elder brother
You are my elder by five years.你比我大五岁。
He is old.他年纪大了。This is an old tree.这是一棵老树。
I am several years older than you.我年长你几岁。
词汇释义 年长older in age 1.她的母亲随后嫁给了另一位更年长的内战老兵,托马斯·纳什上尉(Captain Thomas Nash)。Her mother subsequently married another and older Civil War veteran, Captain Thomas Nash.2.你可以更年长、更睿智,但还是很蠢,怀特平静地说道。You can be older and wiser ...