是aged还是elderly?
大学英语精读第一册的Unit Three 《The Present》和Unit Seven 《The Sampler 》分别有这样的句子:Her husband had been made Mayor,and Myra herself had gota medal for her work for the aged.(她丈夫当上了市长,迈拉自己也由于悉心为老年人工作而获得了一枚奖章.);She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest.(就在她讲话的时候,一位上了年纪的先生一瘸一拐地走到了柜台前,开始对着那排布丁兴致勃勃地仔细看了起来.);The elderly gentleman,who was poorly but neatly dressed(这位老先生衣着虽然破旧,但却十分整洁.).细心的同学马上提出问题:能否用old替换aged,用elder替换elderly?这几个词属于音,形,义相近的词,不容易辨别,但作者在相同的概念上(都是描写老人)用了不同的词,表达了不同的意义,由此看出作者措词上的精确.下面就这几个词作一辨析:
aged、elderly
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