残年

Don't argue with him. He has already got one foot in the grave.

别跟他争了, 他已经是风烛残年的人了.

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.

试着了解我已是风烛残年,来日可数.

She had been old, sick, and desperate.

她却风烛残年 、 疾病缠身 、 孤立无援.

The old man had no children, and lived out his final years in loneliness.

老人无儿无女, 只能孤单单地度过残年.

The old man has one foot in the grave.

那位老人已是风烛残年.

You will understand someday that I and ailing . like a candle guttering in the wind.

总有一天你会了解,了解我已风烛残年,来日可数.

He may not have one foot in the grave.

他可不是风烛残年.

His candle burns within the socket.

风烛残年.

The old man is old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind.

老人已是风烛残年.

He looks as though he has one foot in the grave.

他看来已经风烛残年了.

Emerson at the extreme end of his life turned soft.

爱默生在风烛残年时心境趋于平和.

He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.

他正度着风烛残年.

Besides, though Miss Bordereau couldn't today be called personally attractive and there was something even in her wasted antiquity that bade one stand at one's distance.

另外，虽然博尔德罗小姐本人这时候不可能说是迷人，而且在风烛残年中，还有一种拒人千里的神气。

It always receives us amusing and instructing us in youth and comforting us in age.

在我们年轻时它教导我们,给我们带来欢乐;在我们已近日暮残年时,它安慰我们,使我们倍受关怀.