elder

英 [ˈeldə(r)]

美 [ˈeldər]

adj.  年纪较长的; (后面不紧跟名词，指两者中的)年长者; (用于人名前或后，指同名的两个人中)年龄大的一个
n.  长者; 长辈; 元老; 比…年长的人; (某些基督教会中的)长老

比较级：elder　复数：elders　

中考高考CET4考研IELTSTEM4

Collins.2 / BNC.5602 / COCA.4056

同义词辨析

elderolder【导航词义：年龄较大的】

习惯用语

n.

your elders and betters
• 前辈；长者
  people who are older and wiser than you and whom you should respect

牛津词典

adj.

• 年纪较长的
  older
  1. my elder brother
     我的哥哥
  2. his elder sister
     他的姐姐
• （后面不紧跟名词，指两者中的）年长者
  used without a noun immediately after it to show who is the older of two people
  1. the elder of their two sons
     他们的两个儿子中年纪大的那个
• （用于人名前或后，指同名的两个人中）年龄大的一个
  used before or after sb's name to show that they are the older of two people who have the same name
  1. the elder Pitt
     老皮特
  2. Pitt the elder
     老皮特

noun

• 长者；长辈；元老
  people of greater age, experience and authority
  1. Children have no respect for their elders nowadays.
     现在的孩子对长辈一点儿也不尊敬。
  2. the village elders (= the old and respected people of the village)
     村里德高望重的长辈
• 比…年长的人
  a person older than me, etc.
  1. He is her elder by several years.
     他比她年长几岁。
• （某些基督教会中的）长老
  an official in some Christian churches
• 接骨木
  a small tree with white flowers with a sweet smell ( elderflowers ) and bunches of small black berries ( elderberries )

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-COMPAR （两者中）年龄较大的，年长的
  The elder oftwo people is the one who was born first.
  1. ...his elder brother.
     他哥哥
  2. ...the elder of her two daughters.
     她两个女儿中年长的那个
• N-COUNT （尤指年纪大很多的）年长者，长辈
  A person'selderis someone who is older than them, especially someone quite a lot older.
  1. The young have no respect for their elders.
     年轻人不尊重他们的长辈。
• N-COUNT 有威望的长者;元老
  In some societies, anelderis one of the respected older people who have influence and authority.
  1. ...tribal elders.
     部落长老
• N-COUNT （某些基督教会中不担任牧师的）长老
  In some Christian churches, anelderis one of the people who hold a position of responsibility, but not usually a minister.
  1. He is now an elder of the village church.
     他现在是乡村教会的长老。
• 接骨木
  Anelderis a bush or small tree which has groups of small white flowers and black berries.

In British English, the adjectiveelderis usually only used to describe brothers and sisters....her elder sister.You useolderto talk about the age of other people or things.Eldercannot be followed bythanbutoldercan be.I've got a sister who is older than me.Do not confuseelderandelderly. If you describe someone aselderly, you mean that they are old, but this is a slightly more polite word than 'old'. 'Theelderly' are elderly people.
英国英语中形容词 elder 通常只用来指哥哥、姐姐，如，her elder sister (她姐姐)。older用于指年龄。elder 后不能接 than，而 older 则可以。例如，I've got a sister who is older than me (我有个姐姐)。不要混淆 elder 和 elderly。elderly意为“年老的”，但比用 old 稍显礼貌一点。the elderly 指老年人。

英英释义

noun

• a person who is older than you are
  Synonym:senior
• any of various church officers
• any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
  Synonym:elderberry bush

adj

• used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
  1. Bill Adams, Sr.
  Synonym:oldersr.

双语例句

• His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago.
  他的长子几年前死于车祸。
• There are four people in my family, my parents, my elder brother and I.
  我的家庭有四个人：我的父母亲，哥哥和我。
• We all affectionately refer to her as our elder sister.
  我们都亲热地称她为大姐。
• Everything the boy does is an express copy of his elder brother's behaviour.
  这个男孩的一举一动显然是模仿他哥哥的举止。
• He adored his elder brother.
  他崇拜他的哥哥。
• He was in his late eighties and had become the country's most respected elder statesman.
  他年近九旬，已成为该国最受尊崇的政界元老。
• She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.
  她过去常跟姐姐玩扮家家的游戏。
• He was the prototype of the elder statesman.
  他是老一辈政治家的典型。
• He is now an elder of the village church.
  他现在是乡村教会的长老。
• He has cultivated the image of an elder statesman
  他已树立起一个政界元老的形象。