It was an age of conspicuous consumption – those who had money liked to display it.
那是一个炫耀性消费的时代—有钱人喜欢摆阔。
At the age of 13, I was taught to French kiss.
在13岁时，我被教会了法式接吻。
I've been in trouble since I was eleven years of age.
我从11岁以后一直处于麻烦中。
She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five.
她连续不断地受雇于人，一直工作到六十五岁。
An estimate of the age of the ocean was obtained by diving the total salt in the ocean by the rate of salt added each year.
对海洋年龄的估计是通过以海洋中的总含盐量除以每年盐的增长率得出的。
It towered above the older buildings like a citadel, which indeed it was, the outpost of a new age, perhaps a new civilization, perhaps a new barbarism.
它屹立在古老的建筑之上，像一座城堡，也的确是一个新时代的前哨，这种前哨可能意味着一种新文明，也可能是一种新野蛮。
What we think of as the golden age of Greece was virtually at an end during the lifetime of Aristotle.
我们所知的希腊黄金时期，其实是在亚里士多德的生年已走到末端。
Charlie Chaplin, whose childhood was hard, began acting at the age of five.
查理·卓别林的童年很辛苦，他五岁就开始演戏。
It happened when he was 4 years of age.
这件事发生在他4岁的那一年。
He was admitted to the University of London at the age of 15.
他15岁时被伦敦大学录取。
The singer's first public appearance was at the age of eight.
这位歌手八岁时初次登台演出。
He was made (a) professor at the age of 40.
他40岁时成为教授。
By the age of 25 she was completely burned out and retired from the sport.
她到25岁时就已体力耗尽，退出了体坛。
She was a tall woman of indeterminate age.
她是个看不出年龄的高大女子。
He was under the age of consent.
他那时还不到同意年龄。
By the age of sixteen he was the junior lightweight champion of Poland.
16岁时他已是波兰少年轻量级冠军。
The jacket was showing signs of age.
这件夹克已露出破旧的痕迹。
She was at an early age brought face to face with the horrors of war.
她年幼时就面临战争的恐怖。
He was still unattached at the age of 34.
他34岁时还是单身。
Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.
他从小就养成了对失败的恐惧。
She was excused from giving evidence because of her age.
因年龄关系她获准不予作证。
Gladys was crippled by polio at the age of 3.
格拉迪丝3岁时因小儿麻痹症而瘸了。
He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.
他三十岁那年被癌症夺去了性命。
He was accused of procuring under-age girls.
他被控唆使未成年女性卖淫。
The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5.
受访女性的平均年龄只有21.5岁。
He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24.
他24岁时在一次悲惨的事故中丧命。
The book was written in a style appropriate to the age of the children.
这本书的文体适合儿童阅读。
Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age.
美国绘画之父本杰明·韦斯特在只有六岁的时候就展示了他的艺术天赋。
Another important push was the onset of the Little Ice Age, a climatic phenomenon that led to cooler temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere.
另一个重要的推动因素是小冰期的开始，这一气候现象导致北半球气温下降。
Your mom was the same kind of kid when she was your age.
你妈妈在你这么大的时候也是这样的孩子。
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