of a certain age

释义

1. 不算年轻的；年纪不轻的；中年的

   if you talk about a person being of a certain age, you mean that they are no longer young but not yet old

   The show appeals to an audience of a certain age.这个节目中年观众感兴趣。

电影里这样说 · 6 部

• We never free a mind once it's reached a certain age.The Matrix1999
• Getting on everybody's tits. Past a certain age.The Father2020
• Turn a certain age, you cease to exist. Cease to matter.The Beekeeper2024
• You get to a certain age... I can't go to the places I used to.Another Year2010
• A woman gets to be over a certain age, it becomes a different ball game!Husbands and Wives1992
• It's like, you get to a certain age and you stop being a writer who waits tables and you become a waiter with a hobby.tick, tick... BOOM!2021

在完整场景里学

• 又一年2010
  • 诊所里求开安眠药：taken your time（拖了这么久才来）
  • 咨询里给自己幸福打一分：the boot on the other foot（情况反过来）
  • 午休小酌吐露心事：a sight for sore eyes（看着就让人欢喜）
• 丈夫、太太与情人1992
  • 饭前宣布两人要分开：grow apart（渐渐疏远）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻旧账：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 电话里逼问出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）

同一词条的短语

• for certain
• make certain
• make certain of doing