词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～- ape the elders模仿长辈
- appeal elders向长辈求助,引起长者的兴趣
- assemble elder调查年长者
- burlesque elder嘲弄年长者
- consult elder请教长辈,与年长者商量
- entreat elder恳求长辈,对付年长者
- exhort elder规劝年长者
- gather elders召集长辈
- grieve elder使长辈伤心,使年长者悲痛
- heed elder关心年长者,关注长辈
- honor elder尊敬长辈,给年长者荣誉
- ordain elder委任长者为牧师,任年长者为圣职
- persuade elder说服年长者,使长者相信
- respect the elders尊敬长辈
- revere elder尊敬长者,敬畏年长者
- succeed elder接替长辈,继年长者之后
- worry elder困扰长者,使年长者焦虑
形容词+～- disillusioned elder醒悟了的年长者
- grumpy elder脾气坏的年长者
- ruling elder起支配作用的年长者
- unsuspecting elder轻信的年长者
～+名词- elder care六十五岁以上穷苦老人的医疗照顾
～+介词- the elder of the two两个人中年纪大的那位
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词- elder brother哥哥
- elder generation先辈
- elder sister姐姐
- elder statesman政界元老
- elder times昔日
～+介词- elder by several years大几岁
词组短语
elder brother哥哥，兄长
elder sister姐姐，姊姊
同近义词辨析
elder, older
这组词都有“年长的，年龄较大的”的意思，其区别是：
elder是old的比较级。指家庭成员中年龄较长的，或指两人中年龄较长的。
older也是old的比较级，指年龄较大、较老，指物时作“较旧的”解。
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- He is the elder twin of the two.
他是两个双胞胎较年长的那个。 - The elder welder seldom yields his field.
年长的焊接工很少放弃他的场地。 - He is the elder of the twins.
他是双胞胎中的哥哥。
用作名词(n.)
- An elder interfered to stop the argument.
一位长者出面干预，以平息这场争论。 - She shouldn't entreat her elder like that.
她不应那样对待长辈。 - We have been told to show respect for our elder.
父母教导我们必须尊敬长辈。
权威例句
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