dotage的意思|示意

美 / ˈdəʊtɪdʒ / 英 / ˈdoʊtɪdʒ /

n. 溺爱;老耄;老迷糊


dotage的用法详解

dotage是指老年,主要用来指老年时期的时代,一般指人老迈到脑力受损而不再正常思考能力,也就是老年痴呆症。在涉及学习能力时,dotage也可以指学习受损到无法学习新技能。

dotage可以用作名词和形容词,不同情况下可以用来描述某人或某事处于老年期。

例如:

1、He was in his dotage and had difficulty understanding instructions.

他已经进入老年,很难理解指示。

2、The chair has seen better days since it is in its dotage.

这把椅子已经处于老年,前景不太乐观。

3、The old man was in his dotage and had no energy to do anything.

这个老人已经进入老年期,没有精力做任何事情了。

总之,dotage一般指人在老年时期受损到无法正常思考或学习新技能,也可以用来描述某人或某事处于老年期象征。

dotage相关短语

1、 dotage e 老年糊涂,衰老

2、 be in one's dotage 年老昏愦

3、 discussing about dotage 溺爱

4、 In My Dotage 在我衰老

5、 for in his dotage T 在他老迈的岁月里

dotage相关例句

Merlin fell in a dotage on the damsel.

墨林深深地爱上那少女.

辞典例句

I'm not in my dotage yet ; I can still drive to Gilly.

我还没到老糊涂的年纪呢, 我可以自己开车到吉利去.

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Sometimes the kids talk to me as if I'm in my dotage!

有时候孩子们跟我说话的样子就像我是个老糊涂似的!

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We have to look after grandfather now he's in his dotage.

祖父已经年迈昏愦,我们必须照顾他.

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Even in his dotage, the Professor still sits on the committee.

即便上了年纪,教授仍然是委员会的一员。

柯林斯例句

From then on, he regarded his blindness as God's special dotage.

从那以后, 他认为他的盲是上帝的特别溺爱.

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