elderly
adj. 年紀較大的; 老人; 老式的
You use elderly as a polite way of saying that someone is old.
...an elderly couple...
老夫婦
Many of those most affected are elderly.
受影響最大的人中很多都是上了年紀的。
If you describe an object as elderly, you are referring, often in a humorous way, to the fact that it is rather old or old-fashioned and not as good or efficient as a new one would be.
Some of those artillery pieces look a little elderly.
那些大炮中有些看起來有點老掉牙了。
1. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables);
The elderly diplomat came to Lanny's support.
那年老的外交家支援了蘭尼.
The lack of facilities for elderly people has cast doubts on the whole of the redevelopment scheme.
整個重建計劃缺乏提供給老人們的設施,這使人們對此計劃產生了懷疑.
It was a strange conjunction — the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.
那是奇特的組合——古板嚴肅的年輕女王和上了年紀 、 玩世不恭的維新黨成員相組合.
Some people looking after elderly parents have trouble with the role reversal involved.
一些照看年邁父母的人在角色轉變上有困難.
It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.
這將作為老年人滋補品在市場上銷售.