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年龄和体重对成年人来说是秘密。很多时候,面对别人的询问,我们都不想说具体年龄,只会笑嘻嘻打马虎眼,比如“20多岁了”,毕竟20多岁就代表我二十刚出头。那问题来了,“20多岁”应该怎么说?"more than twenty years old"?more than是“多于;比……多;超出”的意思,但more than twenty可别理解成“20多岁”。
这样的表达是在强调不止20(可能是40,50,80…),意思差老远了。想准确表达自己“20多岁”可以有以下2种表达方式:
剑桥词典对这里的something作了解释:
例:Most of these places are aimed at twenty-somethings.
这些地方大多数是以二十多岁的人为目标群体的。
二十多岁前期(出头)=I'm in my early 20s.
二十多岁中期=I'm in my mid 20s.
二十多岁晚期(奔三))=I'm in my late 20s.
例:They're both in their twenties and both married with children of their own.
他们俩都二十几岁,都已经结婚生子了。
in one's+基数词复数形式,20多岁也分前期,中期,晚期。
二十多岁出头(前期)=I'm in my early twenties.
二十多岁中期=I'm in my mid-twenties.
奔三(二十多岁晚期)=I'm in my late twenties.
所以“奔三”我们可以用:
-in one's late twenties
例:Lily is in her late twenties.
莉莉快奔三了。
-approaching/pushing 30
例:Do you panic when you are approaching 30?
快奔三了,你感到恐慌吗?
-getting on for 30
例:He must be getting on for 30 now.
他现在一定快到30岁了。
four months off nineteen差四个月到19岁
three months past two years old两岁零三个月
act your age成熟一点
today years old今天才知道
as old as the hills古老的,陈旧不堪的
In one’s salad days青春岁月
wet behind the ears乳臭未干