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。

youdao

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。

youdao

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。

youdao

True, most of the crop is composed of veteran players approaching athletic old age, and so probably don't merit long-term deals.

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