年齡大小的種種說法

在不同的語言環境里或針對不同的會話對象，表達人的年齡大小時，有種種不同的說法。下面介紹一些常用的表達方式。

一、具體年齡:

1.我15歲。

I am fifteen years old.

I am fifteen.

My age is fifteen.

I’m fifteen years of age.

2.她是一個4歲的小姑娘。

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……歲:

1.他還不到14歲。

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.你媽媽看上去比實際年齡年輕多了。

Your mother looks much younger than her age.

Your mother looks years younger than she is.

三、大約……歲:

我們的英語教師大約40歲左右。

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……歲:

他的父親快60歲了。

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、……歲:

1.這些男孩都是十幾歲。

These boys are all in their teens.( 13-19歲之間)

2.我爸爸才30歲多一點。

My father is only in his early thirties.

My father is a little over thirty.

六、與……同歲:

我和他同歲。

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)……歲:

1.我比她大5歲。

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. 你比我小兩歲。

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……歲之間:

你們的年齡在12至16歲之間。

Your ages are between twelve and sixteen.

Your ages are from twelve to sixteen.

九、相差……歲:

我和你的年齡只相差一歲。

There is only one year between you and me.