Being past middle age and approaching old age; rather old.
上了年纪的已过中年的，接近老年的，年岁大的。
It wasn't because he was approaching old age-he was only forty-eight.
这可不是因为年事已高，他还只有48岁。
Either he is growing stronger, healthier, wiser, as the youth approaching manhood, or he is growing weaker, older, less incisive mentally, as the man approaching old age.
他要么如同青年接近成年，越变越强壮、健康、聪明；要么如同成年接近老年，越变越虚弱、衰老、思想迟钝。
But just as important is the age-old beliefs in most European countries that the sound of a bell can turn away an approaching storm, deflect lightning or tame a tornado.
但另一同样重要析原因是，在许多欧洲国家有个非常古老人说法，即钟声能使即将来临的暴风雨移开，使闪电转向，使龙卷风驯服。
But just as important is the age-old beliefs in most European countries that the sound of a bell can turn away an approaching storm, deflect lightning or tame a tornado.
但另一同样重要析原因是，在许多欧洲国家有个非常古老人说法，即钟声能使即将来临的暴风雨移开，使闪电转向，使龙卷风驯服。
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