elder
美 [ˈeldər] 
英 [ˈeldə(r)]
- 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
词形变化
复数：elders 同义词
英汉双解
2. | （后面不紧跟名词，指两者中的）较年长者used without a noun immediately after it to show who is the older of two people |
| the elder of their two sons 他们的两个儿子中年纪较大的那个 |
3. | （用于人名前或后，指同名的两个人中）年龄较大的一个used before or after sb's name to show that they are the older of two people who have the same name |
1. | [pl] 长者；长辈；元老people of greater age, experience and authority |
| Children have no respect for their elders nowadays. 现今的孩子对长辈一点儿也不尊敬。 |
| the village elders(= the old and respected people of the village) 村里德高望重的长辈 |
2. | [sing] 比…年长的人a person older than me, etc. |
| He is her elder by several years. 他比她年长几岁。 |
3. | [c] （某些基督教会中的）长老an official in some Christian churches |
4. | [c] 接骨木a small tree with white flowers with a sweet smell (elderflowers ) and bunches of small black berries (elderberries ) |
习惯用语
your elders and betters
前辈；长者people who are older and wiser than you and whom you should respect
英汉解释
adj. | |
n. | 1. 年长者,长辈;族长;前人,祖先;(教会的)长老 |
英英解释
例句
In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius .
在给塔希托的两封信中，老普林尼的侄子写了有关威苏威火山大喷发的唯一的证言。
The younger sister also remembered his brother's trousers after she got home from the cinema, so she did as her mother and elder did.
排第二的姐姐从电影院回家后也记得弟弟的裤子。于是她也和她的母亲和姐姐一样，改动了裤子。
Jing elder brother, listen to your song 'absence' think your voice gives me a good sense of tranquility!
靖哥哥、听着你的歌‘缺席’觉得你的声音带给我一种好宁静的感觉！
Love realizing how much he owed the elder and asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who helped me? "
爱突然意识到它亏欠老人的救助，它问知识，“谁救了我？”
She used to ask her elder sister for help whenever she was in trouble.
过去一遇到问题，她就会去找她姐姐帮忙。
When they arrived on land, the elder went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the elder.
当他们抵达大陆时，老人开始了自己的旅途。爱这才意识到她欠了老人那么多。
After losing office he retired, but continued to be viewed as a distinguished elder statesman.
福特在竞选失败后退休，但他仍然作为一位资深政治家活跃在人们的视线里。
To some extent, the elder might have saved one's life while this guy trying to go through the red light, for he might be hit by other cars.
或许就因为老人的一块砖还救了闯红灯者的一条命呢，因为说不定他闯过去的下一秒就会被其他车撞。
When they arrived at the dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, love asked knowledge, another elder.
等他们到了陆地之后，长者独自离开了。爱突然意识到这位长者无私的救助，于是问另一个长者——知识。
The elder twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking personality, decided that he would take up the stage as a career.
年长的双胞胎，他们有优势的漂亮的容貌和一个显著的个性，决定他将接手这一阶段的一种职业。
It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going.
爱太高兴了，甚至忘了问他们即将去何方。
Others felt that the Olympic champion from Cuba might be able to outbox and outsmart the elder Klitschko brother.
有人觉得古巴的奥运会冠军可能爆冷，击败大克里琴科。
Mumpy had taken elder sister Monica, a Class VIII student, into confidence and had urged her to commit suicide as well for the "cause" .
蒙佩还曾悄悄地把她的姐姐——八年级学生莫妮卡拉到一旁，要求姐姐也为这个“计划”一起自杀。
Since we began to visit them once a week, these elder men no long feel lonely.
自从我们一星期去看他们一次，这些老人一点也不觉得孤独了。
We held a week of a debate, the topic is "the main responsibility is to the elder generation gap, or junior" is our responsibility.
大致内容是：上周我们系内举行了一场辩论赛丶题目是“代沟的主要责任在于长辈还是晚辈”我们是反方。
'I've developed a huge respect and affection for the people there. It's a real honour to be an elder, ' he said.
他说：“我已经在那里得到足够的尊重和爱戴，在那里作为长者真是我的荣誉。”
On such an occasion at the Glovers', the elder Miss Hancock turned to Edward and remarked upon his wife's admirable playing.
在格洛家里，每逢这种场合，两位汉考克小姐中年纪较大的那位便转向爱德华，评论他妻子的精彩弹奏。
Once I go to the fish of garden pond with elder brother, the result fish has no how much, pour a net many shrimps.
一次我和哥哥去池塘的鱼，结果鱼没有多少，倒网了不少的虾。
Elder brother, and is about to be mid-term to test for a week.
哥，还有一个星期可就要期中考了。
The Chief Elder looked at Jonas with a question in her eyes. The audience watched him, too. They were silent.
首席长老看著乔纳斯带著询问的目光。观众们也都看著他。他们都静了下来。
"Really, girls, you are both to be blamed, " said Meg, beginning to lecture in her elder-sisterly fashion.
“说真的，姑娘们，你们俩都该受批评。”麦格说，她用一种大姐姐的派头开始训人了。
Jeanie arose from her seat, and made her quiet reverence, when the elder Mr. Staunton entered the apartment.
当老斯汤顿先生走进房间的时候，珍妮从座位上起身默默地鞠了一躬。
He was saddened by the death of his elder son and the mental illness of his wife.
他因大儿子的夭折，他妻子的精神病患而感到悲伤。
I can stop all their months at one clap by telling him, and them too, that I am married already to his elder brother.
我只要告诉他，我已经嫁给他的哥哥了，立刻就能堵住她们的嘴。
The Elder Brother Society is one of three big gangs in Chinese contemporary and modern history, is called in Sichuan "Pao Ge" .
哥老会是中国近现代史上三大帮会之一，在四川被称为“袍哥”。
Sometimes I saw the elder think aloud, perhaps he conceived nobody could catch what he was saying, so he said to himself.
有时候看到老人自言自语，或许他是以为没有人可以听懂，于是说给自己听？
She was born in 1951, into a middle-class family in Santiago, the youngest of two siblings (her elder brother is no longer alive).
1951年，巴切莱特出生于圣地亚哥的一个中产家庭，是两兄妹中的一个（她的哥哥已经去世）。
I guess it's my elder sister. She always seems to be doing the right thing and never fails to give encouragement when I need them.
我大姐，她是那种永远不会出错的人，也常在我最需要时鼓励我。
By now I was almost in the same state as the elder brother had been: the bear's utter seriousness robbed me of my composure.
至此我差不多和那位年长的兄弟一样处于同样的状态：熊彻底的严肃夺走了我的沉着。
The next day , a elder people asked me that what's wrony with me.
第二天一位老人问我怎么啦。
The elder son said to his younger brother that if their father and stepmother were there, they would be very happy, too.
大儿子对他的弟弟说﹐如果他们的父亲及继母能在的话﹐他们一定也会非常高兴的。
Against an elder do not receive an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.
对长老的控告，除非凭著两三个见证人，你不要接受。
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。
Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice say, "Come, Love, I will take you with me. " It was an elder.
爱开始哭泣。随即，她听到一个声音说，“来吧，爱，我会带你走。”说话的是衰位老人。
In contrast to her elder brother, she was always considerate in her treatment of others.
和她哥哥完全不一样，她对别人总是很体贴。
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。
Results: Hemorheology and the number of platelets of elder patients with malignant tumors obviously exceeded that of healthy elderly people.
结果：老年恶性肿瘤患者血液流变学参数及血小板计数均明显高于健康老年人。
To himself his father's punishment, he turned to his mother for help. by his elder sister.
为了免受爸爸的惩罚，他转向妈妈寻求帮助。
Duke Huan of Qi killed his elder brother and married elder brother's wife. So to speak, he was a man of incest.
齐桓公杀死兄长，娶自己嫂嫂为妻，可说是乱伦之人。
and his elder children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century.
由于母亲挣钱和大孩子也拿相当的工资，父亲很少再象本世纪初那样是一家之主了。
The elder, in particular, who had just come down from the university, thought he was a bit of an expert.
尤其是年长的那个，他刚从大学毕业，认为自己还算专业。
By contrast, "Bush the elder was a moderate as president and he did not harm the republic" .
与之相反，“作为总统，老布什是个温和派，没有伤害这个共和国。”
And, aiding the indignant elder with a lift by the arm, he rid the room of him, and closed the door.
他把这愤怒的老头子的膀子一提，就把他拉出门外去，随手关上了门。
When bringing up the elder brother that I just was born, they often a minute of money is broken two make partly.
在抚养我刚出生的哥哥时，他俩经常一分钱掰成两半使。
