Ageの意味・使い方について詳しく説明
age を名詞として使用して、誰かが何年生きたかを表します。
She looks a lot younger but she is actually the same age as me.
At the age of … 一般的な表現です。
He started to play golf at the age of three.
The two sisters started their careers as teachers at the ages of thirty and thirty-three.
人々の年齢について言及するとき in the age of 次のように言うことはありません。
Children normally start school at the age of five.
注: Children normally start school in the age of five ます。
誰かの年齢について話すときは of age または old を使います。 Of age old ものよりもフォーマルに聞こえます:
He is a fully qualified pilot and is only twenty-five years of age . (より正式な)
He is a fully qualified pilot and is only twenty-five years old . (形式ばらない)
誰かの年齢や物の年齢について直接質問するとき、通常 age は使いません。何 How old …?
How old are you?
なし： What is your age?
How old is your car?
注: What age is your car?
使用するのは What age …? よりフォーマルな状況では:
What age was the child when she first showed signs of the illness?
Age または ages は、「長い時間」、または歴史の特定の長い期間を意味するためにも使用できます。
It seems an age since we last saw them.
During the Ice Age , the whole of Britain was covered in a sheet of ice.
I waited for them for ages but they must have forgotten about the meeting.
the Middle Ages とは、西暦 6 世紀から 16 世紀頃までのヨーロッパ史の期間を指します。
Life in the Middle Ages was very hard for most people.
ない: Life in the middle age …
Middle age and middle-aged は、40歳から65歳くらいまでの人生を指します。
Middle age is the most prosperous time of life for many people.
Many middle-aged people go to keep-fit classes.