He’s ten (years old). / He’s ten years of age. 他10歲。
How old is he? / What’s his age? / What age is he? 他多大年紀(jì)?
I have a son (of) your age. / I have a son the same age of you. 我有一個(gè)像你這樣大小的兒子。
Their ages are ten and twelve. 他們的年齡分別是10 歲和12歲。
2. 表示“在……年齡時(shí)”,英語(yǔ)通常用“at the age of+數(shù)字”,有時(shí)可省略成“at age+數(shù)字”,或只用“at+數(shù)字”。如:
She was left a widow at the age of thirty. 她30歲時(shí)成了寡婦。
In Britain, schooling starts at age 5. 在英國(guó),教育從5歲開(kāi)始。
Larry passed university exams at sixteen. 拉里16歲時(shí)就通過(guò)大學(xué)考試。
有時(shí)也說(shuō)at…years old。如:
At fifteen years old he left school. 他15歲時(shí)中學(xué)畢業(yè)了。
另外,at the age of…這類(lèi)短語(yǔ)通常用作狀語(yǔ),但有時(shí)也可用作狀語(yǔ)。如:
His first appearance on stage was at the age of three. 他3歲時(shí)初次登臺(tái)。
3. 漢語(yǔ)中說(shuō)“他年紀(jì)大(輕)”,在英語(yǔ)中不能直譯為:His age is old (young). 可譯為:He is old (young). 同樣地,英語(yǔ)中可以說(shuō) at the early age of 30(年僅30歲),一般不說(shuō) at the young age of 30。但有趣的是,英語(yǔ)中通常不說(shuō) young age, 但卻可以說(shuō) old age(老年)和 middle age(中年)。如:
She didn’t get married until she was well into middle age. 她步入中年以后才結(jié)婚。
The fear of death obsessed her throughout her old age. 她晚年一直受著死亡恐懼的困擾。
4. 表示“時(shí)期”“時(shí)代”,多用單數(shù)形式;在口語(yǔ)中可引申指“很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間”,可用復(fù)數(shù)形式也可用單數(shù)形式。如:
The 18th century was the golden age of the novel. 18世紀(jì)是小說(shuō)的黃金時(shí)代。
It’s ages [an age] since we last met. 我們好久沒(méi)見(jiàn)面了。
Haven’t seen you for ages [an age]. 好久不見(jiàn)了。