elder

美音：['eldər] 英音：['eldə(r)]

简单释义：

n.长者；长辈；接骨木；元老

adj.年纪较长的；（后面不紧跟名词，指两者中的）较年长者

网络长老；年长的；年龄较大的

变形：

复数：elders

完整释义：

adj.

1.年龄较大的
2.年长的;资格老的
3.从前的
4.优先的

1.年长者,长辈;族长;前人,祖先;(教会的)长老
2.长辈,老人,大人,做父母的人
3.〔政〕元老,长老,元老院成员
4.年龄大者
5.【植物;植物学】接骨木

例句：

One thing always bewilders me, each time I left, it would rain. She said it's because she was unhappy. She later married my elder brother.
不知道是巧合还是有其他原因，每次我离开她，有远行的时候，天都会下雨，她说是因为她不开心。
Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother.
很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。
Perhaps this obsession of the elder Bell was one of the reasons he married whom he did.
也许，老贝尔的这一执着爱好是促使他日后同成为自己妻子的人结婚的原因之一。
When my elder brother brought his girlfriend round to meet all the family, he gave a broad hint that they were to become engaged quite soon.
我哥哥把她的女朋友带来同全家人见面，那清楚地暗示了他们不久就将订婚。
The widow then told the elder daughter to go and gather some plums from a tree that she had planted herself, and was very fond of.
这寡妇叫大女儿去采些李子来。李子树是雪儿种下的，她非常喜爱这李子树。
So after she paid her money, he said to her, "Don't forget to give your elder sister's card back to her when you see her again. "
所以在她向她支付的钱，他对她说，“不要忘了给你的姐姐你的卡，当你再次见到她。”布朗女士非常高兴听到这个。
Adm. Mullen blamed both men for the attacks, and said the elder Mr. Kim's leadership is "worrisome. "
马伦指责这两个人是袭击事件的操控者，并说金正日的领导认人不安。
"I told him as long as he didn't expect me to cook, " the elder Mr. Paul said. "I'm not going to take care of him the way his mother did. "
“我跟他说只要他不惦着让我做饭就行，”老Paul说，“我不会像他母亲那样照顾他。”

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