older

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

如果你等待，发生的只有变老。

An older woman, pink-cheeked and tweedy, appeared in the doorway.

一位面颊绯红、一副乡下贵族打扮的老妇人出现在门口。

Many of the older pitmen may never work again.

很多年纪更大的矿工也许再也不干活了。

The judge thought he'd been led astray by older children.

法官认为他已经被那些年长的孩子们带坏了。

Underage youths can obtain alcohol from their older friends.

未到法定年龄的青少年可以从年龄较大的朋友那里弄到酒。

When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf.

当他大一点时，我给他起了个“小阿尔夫”的绰号。

She was about thirty, ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.

她大概有30岁，比那些嘲弄她的年轻人大10岁。

Older mothers tend to be too idealistic about the pleasures of motherhood.

较年长的母亲往往对身为人母的乐趣过于理想化。

Some of the older telephones still only accept tokens.

一些较老式的电话机仍然只收代币。

The older you get the more distrustful you become.

年纪越大就越多疑。

The older people had stopped being neighbourly to each other.

老人们彼此已不再友好相待。

The children give her hell, particularly the older boys.

这些孩子让她吃足了苦头，特别是那些年龄大一点的男孩子。

The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal.

那个年纪稍大的孩子应当会做一顿简单的饭菜。

The older people were left to carry on as best they could.

年纪大一点的人被留下来，奋力坚持。

There are plenty of plus points about being an older first-time mum.

年龄稍长再做妈妈有很多好处。