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elderly + noun
elderly 作定语修饰人时，比 old 更礼貌。
She is an elderly woman.
她是一位年迈的妇女。
年老的；年长的
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年老的；年长的
old; advanced in years.
She is an elderly woman.
她是一位年迈的妇女。
老的；已活过相对多年头的。
old; having lived for relatively many years.
指物体因老化而过时或脆弱。
Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
年老的
advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
The elderly woman in the nursing home enjoys reading newspapers every morning.
养老院里的那位老太太每天早上都喜欢看报纸。
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This bus has priority seats for the elderly and pregnant women.
这辆公交车设有老弱病残孕优先座位。
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Doctors recommend that elderly people get a flu vaccine every year.
医生建议老年人每年接种流感疫苗。
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elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
年长的居民还能记得第一座摩天大楼的建造过程。
WordNet
elderly 作定语修饰人时，比 old 更礼貌。
She is an elderly woman.
她是一位年迈的妇女。
表语用法，强调状态。
Both of my grandparents are elderly.
我的祖父母都年事已高。
定冠词接形容词，指一类人。
The elderly often need special care.
老年人通常需要特殊照顾。
Not this
He is an elderly.
Use this
He is an elderly man.
elderly 是形容词，不能直接作名词表示一个人，后面须跟名词如 man。
Not this
The elderly needs special care.
Use this
The elderly need special care.
the elderly 指老年人群体，是复数概念，谓语动词应用复数形式 need。
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老年人
The park is popular among elderly people.
这个公园很受老年人欢迎。
年迈的父母
She moved back to her hometown to care for her elderly parents.
她搬回老家照顾年迈的父母。
老年人口
The country's elderly population is growing rapidly.
该国的老年人口正在迅速增长。
老年人护理
Elderly care is a major concern in many developed nations.
老年人护理是许多发达国家的主要关注点。
老年患者
Elderly patients often require more personalized attention.
老年患者通常需要更个性化的关怀。
年长的亲戚
During the holidays, we visit our elderly relatives.
假期里，我们拜访年长的亲戚。
我是一个在小镇柜台后面的老妇人。
The line is from Pearl Jam's song 'Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town' (1993), describing the unnoticed life of an older woman working in a rural store.
这句歌词来自珍珠酱乐队1993年的歌曲《小镇柜台后的老妇人》，描述了一位在乡村商店工作的老年妇女被忽视的生活。
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Elderly = 'older' + 'ly'，记住‘older’就是更老，所以elderly是年老的。
正式/礼貌的用语，多用于正式场合或涉及老年人群的语境（如医疗、社会服务）中。在非正式场合可能略显正式，但仍属中性偏礼貌。
These words share the '-erly' spelling ending but do not perfectly rhyme with 'elderly' because the stressed vowel and following consonant clusters differ. Only 'westerly' has the same stressed vowel /ɛ/, but the consonants after it differ.
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