年龄大小的种种说法

张 庆

在不同的语言环境里或针对不同的会话对象,表达人的年龄大小时,有种种不同的说法。下面介绍一些常用的表达方式。

一、具体年龄:

1.我15岁。

I am fifteen years old.

I am fifteen.

My age is fifteen.

Im fifteen years of age.

2.她是一个4岁的小姑娘。

She is a four-year-old little girl.

She is a little girl of four.

She is a little girl four years old.

二、不到……岁:

1.他还不到14岁。

He is less than fourteen years old.

He has not yet reached the age of fourteen.

He is younger than fourteen years of age.

He is under fourteen years of age.

2.你妈妈看上去比实际年龄年轻多了。

Your mother looks much younger than her age.

Your mother looks years younger than she is.

三、大约……岁:

我们的英语教师大约40岁左右。

Our English teacher is about forty years old.

Our English teacher is forty years old or so.

Our English teacher seems to be about forty.

四、接近……岁:

他的父亲快60岁了。

His father is nearly sixty.

His father is almost sixty.

His father is getting on for sixty.

His father is in his late fifties.

五、……岁:

1.这些男孩都是十几岁。

These boys are all in their teens.( 13-19岁之间)

2.我爸爸才30岁多一点。

My father is only in his early thirties.

My father is a little over thirty.

六、与……同岁:

我和他同岁。

I am the same age as him.

I am his age.

My age is just the same as his.

I am as old as he is.

七、大(小)……岁:

1.我比她大5岁。

I am five years older than she.

I am older than she by five years.

I am five years senior to her.

I am her senior by five years.

2. 你比我小两岁。

You are two years younger than I.

You are younger than me by two years.

You are two years junior to me.

You are my junior by two years.

八、在……岁之间:

你们的年龄在12至16岁之间。

Your ages are between twelve and sixteen.

Your ages are from twelve to sixteen.

九、相差……岁:

我和你的年龄只相差一岁。

There is only one year between you and me.