关于年龄的表达你知道多少？

 　　在生活中，尤其在中国，人们都比较喜欢询问对方的年龄。但是，有时候人们不想让对方知道自己的具体岁数，通常会说：“三十刚出头、二十好几、快三十岁”之类的模糊答案。今天，小编就带大家来看看，如何谈论年龄问题。

　　(1)首先来看看，准确岁数的表达。

　　1.他三十岁：He is thirty (years old)./ He is thirty years of age./He is aged¹ of thirty.

　　2.他已经三十岁了：He is already thirty./He has reached the age of thirty.

　　3.一个三十岁的男人：a thirty-year-old man/ a man who is thirty/a man of thirty/ a man aged thirty/ a man at the age of thirty

　　(2) 大约模糊岁数。

　　1.他年近三十岁了：He is nearly thirty./He is near to thirty./He is toward thirty./He is getting on thirty./He is hard on thirty.

　　2.他三十好几了：He is in his middle thirty./ He is well over thirty.

　　3.他与我同岁：He is as old as I am./ He is as old as me.

　　(3)绝大部分的人都喜欢别人称赞自己年轻，那么如何在知道别人年龄之后再称赞他/她年轻呢?

　　1.她看上去比实际年龄小：She looks younger than her years.

　　2.她看上去比实际年龄小十岁：She looks ten years younger than her real age.

　　3.我年纪比你大：I am older then you.

　　e.g. I appreciate that. Speaking of which, I was wondering if I am older than you, because you look so young.

　　非常感谢，说起这个，我在想我一定比你大因为你看起来很年轻.

　　4.她三十岁了，但看上去才二十岁：She is thirty but looks twenty.

　　e.g. She is thirty but she appears young.

　　她三十岁了， 但看起来很年轻。

　　(5)各种年龄层次怎么说?

　　1.一个未成年人：a youngest/ a teenager/ a juveniles/ an adolescent/ a minor²

　　2.一个成年人：a grown-up/ an adult/ a person of mature years

　　3.一个中年人：a middle-aged³ man/ a man of middle age

　　4.一位老人：an old man/ am elderly man/ an aged man/ a man in his old age

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。