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单词 of a certain age
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of a certain age

No longer young (used politely or euphemistically): women of a certain age swooned over his acerbic wit men of a certain age who still dream that they might have been a great football player in their youth...
  • You have to be of a certain age even to know who that is.
  • Being of a certain age and background, I was wont to sport the occasional safety pin back in my teens.
  • "I have some very lovely letters from gentlemen of a certain age," she says.
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