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。
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。
The most likely reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those "surprise" disappearances by directors under the age of 70.
离开董事会最有可能的原因是年龄，因此研究人员集中研究了年龄在70岁以下的董事“意外”失踪的情况。
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。
In a 1984 book, Claire C, Robertson argued that, before colonialism, age was a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana and in Africa generally.
在1984年的一本书中，克莱尔·C ·罗伯逊认为，在殖民主义出现之前，在加纳和整个非洲，年龄是地位和权威的一个更重要的指标，而不是性别。
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。
For a while it looked as though the making of semiconductors, which America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age, was going to be the next casualty.
有一段时间，由美国创造的、处于新计算机时代核心的半导体制造业似乎将成为下一个受害者。
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 accused of procuring under-age girls.
他被控唆使未成年女性卖淫。
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。
He described one study participant, still working at the age of 100, who was recently disappointed to see his son retire.
他描述了一位100岁仍在工作的研究参与者，这名参与者最近因看到自己的儿子退休而感到失望。
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。
At the age of sixteen, Darwin was sent to Edinburgh University to study in order that he could become a doctor.
十六岁时，为了成为一名医生，达尔文被送到爱丁堡大学学习。
Third, growth was reflected in changes in the proportion of the relevant age group enrolled in institutions of higher education.
第三点，相关年龄组在高等教育机构就读比例的变化反映了增长。
At the time of the first interview, at least one of the partners was over the age of 50.
在第一次面试时，至少有一位搭档超过了50岁。
As the great contemporary poet and dramatist Ben Jonson said, "He was not of an age, but for all time."
正如伟大的同时代诗人和剧作家本·琼森所说：“他不属于一个时代，而属于所有时代。”
Though he didn't come from a farming family, from a young age Tim Joseph was fascinated by the idea of living off the land.
尽管提姆·约瑟夫不是农民出身，但他从小就对靠土地为生的想法着迷。
For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within.
对前几代人来说，大学是摆脱父母控制的一个决定性时期，同时同龄人和长者的支持与指导也是必不可少的。
In 1838 at the age of ten, Dunant was taken by his father to visit a prison, there he saw prisoners chained together exercising in the yard and breaking stones along the road.
1838年，十岁的杜南被他父亲带去参观一座监狱，在那里，他看到被锁在一起的囚犯们在院子里锻炼身体，沿路碎石。
Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares.
她的母亲经常生病，所以从两岁起，她的父亲就带着她去工作，教她股票和证券的知识。
Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.
当然，我早就听说天才可以在很小的时候就显露出来，所以我只是对自己在14岁的时候就达到了完美有点吃惊。
Some new footage for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which is set for release in May 2015, was unveiled by Marvel Studios.
漫威影业发布了即将在2015年5月上映的《复仇者联盟：奥创时代》的最新片段。
Her mother was often ill, and so from the age of two, her father took her with him to work and taught her about stocks and shares.
她母亲经常生病，所以从两岁起，父亲就带着她工作，教她股票和证券的知识。
Radiocarbon dating of fossils taken from caves on islands along southeastern Alaska's coast suggest that at least a portion of the area was remaining ice-free during the last ice age.
从阿拉斯加东南海岸岛屿的洞穴中提取的化石的放射性碳年代测定法表明，在最后一个冰河时代，该地区至少有一部分保持无冰状态。
I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.
我早就听说天赋可以在很小的时候就显露出来，所以对于自己在14岁就达到了完美，我只是略微吃了一惊。
Born with a dicky heart, his protagonist was not supposed to live past the age of 30.
由于虚弱的心脏，他的主角本应活不过30岁。
That original Kindle, code-named "Fiona" after a character in Neal Stephenson's futuristic novel The Diamond Age, was finally ready to go in the fall of 2007.
最初的Kindle以尼尔·斯蒂芬森的科幻小说《钻石时代》中的一个人物命名，代号为“菲奥娜”，终于准备在2007年秋季上市。
When he grew older, William Smith taught himself surveying from books he bought with his small savings, and at the age of eighteen he was apprenticed to a surveyor of the local parish.
当威廉·史密斯长大一些，他用自己的一点积蓄买了一些书，自学测量学，并且他18岁时在当地教区做了一名测量师的学徒。
I was able to do housework at the age of five.
我五岁就会做家务了。
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