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单词 ageing
释义
ageing
(dʒɪŋ ) also aging
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient.
John lives with his ageing mother.
Ageing aircraft need more frequent safety inspections.
Synonyms: growing old or older, declining, maturing, deteriorating  
2. uncountable noun
Ageing is the process of becoming old or becoming worn out.
Synonyms: growing old, decline, decay, deterioration  
Quotations:
But at my back I always hear
Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near
Andrew MarvellTo his Coy Mistress
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be
Robert BrowningRabbi Ben Ezra
Collocations:
ageing body
Too often a story ends in the frustration of a great player cursed with an ageing body.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I suppose it is about feeling in control of your environment and reassurance that your ageing body is still strong.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The ageing body can be an obstacle to overcome.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It's these losses that lead to the crepey skin and hanging flesh that are synonymous with an ageing body.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
ageing population
Jails are installing stairlifts, grab-rails and orthopaedic mattresses as they struggle to cope with a rapidly ageing population.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An ageing population will impose additional demands on health care and pension provision.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The policy now applies only to about a third of its people but has produced the problem of a rapidly ageing population.
The Sun (2009)
A ballooning agency staff bill and demand from an ageing population have pushed more than three quarters of hospitals into the red.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That is due to quicker detection, better treatment and an ageing population.
The Sun (2015)
ageing process
All the same, the ageing process is not a bed of roses.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And with the technological advancement of dyes, which are conditioning rather than damaging, there is no reason to surrender to the ageing process.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The bottom line represents the key ageing process - human metabolism.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The rest of us will perceive the cruel, remorseless logic of the ageing process.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The first tremor of the ageing process is enough to throw them completely off their games.
Peter McEvoy For Love or Money (2006)
ageing skin
Seriously - rose oil is excellent for calming and softening dry, sensitive and ageing skin.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The combined treatments are designed to treat acne and pigmentation as well as sun damage, blemishes and ageing skin.
The Sun (2011)
Putting it on skin is thought to help reduce sun damage - one of the biggest giveaways of ageing skin.
The Sun (2017)
The tattoo stood out blue against the white paleness of the aging skin.
Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME
Translations:
Chinese: 变衰老的, 变老
Japanese: 年老いた, 高齢化
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