aging
aging — 形容詞
- agingpositive
- more agingcomparative
- most agingsuperlative
1. becoming older, often with the loss of strength, freshness, or efficiency that c
年邁；老舊
正在變老或逐漸退化的（人、群體或設備）
becoming older, often with the loss of strength, freshness, or efficiency that comes with extra years; describes people, groups, bodies, or things such as machines and buildings whose useful life is running down.
Japan's aging population has put new pressure on the country's hospitals and care homes.
日本逐漸老化的人口，已對全國的醫院和安養機構帶來新的壓力。
fixed collocation: aging population
Pia rubbed his aging knees after the long hike up Mount Mitake.
Pia 爬完御岳山之後，揉了揉他逐漸老化的膝蓋。
modifies a body part of a named person
The factory's aging machines break down almost every week, and spare parts are hard to find.
工廠裡老舊的機器幾乎每週都會故障，零件也很難找。
aging + equipment / infrastructure
Companies in Taipei are worried about an aging workforce and the shortage of young engineers.
台北的企業擔心勞動人口高齡化，加上年輕工程師人數不足。
aging workforce — typical business collocation
Theo helped her aging grandmother carry the groceries up to the fifth floor.
Theo 幫她年邁的奶奶把雜貨提到五樓。
- aging population
- aging workforce
- aging body
- aging parents
- aging equipment
- aging infrastructure
- rapidly aging
- elderly
only for people; politer than 'old', not used for objects
- older
neutral comparative; less suggestive of decline than 'aging'
- deteriorating
stronger; emphasizes that the thing is getting worse, not just older
文法句型
aging + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before the noun (attributive). 'Aging' is the American spelling; British English usually writes 'ageing'. Common subjects fall into three groups: people and bodies, populations and workforces, and equipment or infrastructure.
常見錯誤
aging — 名詞
1. the natural change that happens to a living body, or to a society, over many yea
老化；高齡化
身體或社會隨歲月增長而出現的變化過程
the natural change that happens to a living body, or to a society, over many years — gray hair, weaker muscles, slower thinking in people, and a higher share of older citizens in a country.
Dr. Nia's lab studies how diet and sleep can slow aging in the human brain.
Nia 醫師的實驗室研究飲食和睡眠如何減緩人腦的老化。
subject of study: aging + biological
The rapid aging of South Korea's population worries economists and city planners.
南韓人口快速高齡化的現象，讓經濟學家和都市規劃者相當憂心。
pattern: the aging of [population / society]
Many people buy creams that promise to fight the visible signs of aging.
很多人購買宣稱能對抗肌膚老化跡象的乳霜。
collocation: signs of aging
Healthy eating, daily walks, and good friendships can all help with healthy aging.
健康飲食、每天散步和良好的友誼，都有助於健康老化。
collocation: healthy aging
The film is a quiet, honest look at love, memory, and aging in a small fishing village.
這部電影靜靜地、誠實地呈現一個小漁村裡的愛、記憶與老化。
- healthy aging
- signs of aging
- premature aging
- aging process
- population aging
- anti-aging
- growing older
everyday paraphrase; less clinical
- senescence
scientific/biology term for the same process
- maturation
neutral or positive; about reaching a developed stage, not decline
- rejuvenation
the reverse: becoming young or fresh again
文法句型
the aging of + noun
用法筆記
Uncountable, used without 'a' or a plural form. Different from the adjective sense in that this names the process itself, not a noun being modified. 'Aging' is American; the British form is 'ageing'.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
副詞搭配
- rapidly
- prematurely
- gracefully
- slowly
常用片語
- the aging process
- signs of aging
- anti-aging cream
- healthy aging
- aging gracefully
介系詞搭配
- of (the aging of society)
- with (cope with aging)