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在阿联酋，地位很重要，所以应该按官衔优先招待最资深或最年长的官员。 In the UAE, status is important, so the most senior or oldest should be greeted first with their titles. | ||
最年长的孩子是唯一受到过父母全部精力来关注的孩子。 Eldest children are the only ones to have experienced the undivided attention of their parents. | ||
译在母系氏族部落，神圣之物都是由最年长的妇女保管。 In maternal tribes, sacred things were kept by the eldest woman. | ||
家兄比我年长两岁。 My brother is senior to me by two years. | ||
我年长的那个儿子重婚了。 My elder son remarried. | ||
年长的人们有极其广泛的经验。 Older people have a tremendous breadth of experience. | ||
许多年长的公民经历了两次世界大战。 Many senior citizens have been through two world wars. | ||
她每天晚上都要看望一下年长的邻居。 She looks in on her elderly neighbour every evening. | ||
你比我年长并不意味着你什么都知道。 Just because you're older than me doesn't mean you know everything. | ||
她与一名比她年长很多的已婚男子坠入情网。 She became involved with a married man many years her senior. | ||
