age-old

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishage-oldˌage-ˈold adjective OLD-FASHIONEDhaving existed for a very long timean age-old tradition/practice/custom etc British English age-old customs the age-old problem of sexual discrimination► see thesaurus at oldExamples from the Corpusage-old• Theosophists rejuvenated an age-old belief in the visibility of spiritual states.• This is the supreme Zapatista authority and its decision-making follows an age-old democratic pattern.• Of course we return for the second act, succumbing to the age-old desire to see how it all turns out.• It was the age-old family mystery.• man's age-old fear of snakes• The age-old hatred between the two groups has never been dealt with.• This, of course, was an age-old phenomenon, present in all materially advanced societies in the past.• The vine is an age-old symbol of peace and prosperity.• They want to find out what it would be like to be a woman freed from all those age-old taboos.• The image of the Supercontinent Cycle adds yet another twist to this age-old theory.age-old problem• It's an age-old problem and nothing that a dab of string lubricant or Vaseline wouldn't cure.• With this age-old problem neatly disposed of, Warwick feels he need only concentrate on defining intelligence.• In practical terms there is the age-old problem of accurate recording.• Little was done to resolve the age-old problem of land-distribution.• Child instruction has always been hampered by the age-old problem posed by constraints of religion.• It was the age-old problem that had not been solved since the Populists first went to the people in the 1870s.• Unfortunately they still don't solve the age-old problem - what to do with the things afterwards?

单词	age-old
释义	age-old From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishage-oldˌage-ˈold adjective OLD-FASHIONEDhaving existed for a very long timean age-old tradition/practice/custom etc British English age-old customs the age-old problem of sexual discrimination► see thesaurus at oldExamples from the Corpusage-old• Theosophists rejuvenated an age-old belief in the visibility of spiritual states.• This is the supreme Zapatista authority and its decision-making follows an age-old democratic pattern.• Of course we return for the second act, succumbing to the age-old desire to see how it all turns out.• It was the age-old family mystery.• man's age-old fear of snakes• The age-old hatred between the two groups has never been dealt with.• This, of course, was an age-old phenomenon, present in all materially advanced societies in the past.• The vine is an age-old symbol of peace and prosperity.• They want to find out what it would be like to be a woman freed from all those age-old taboos.• The image of the Supercontinent Cycle adds yet another twist to this age-old theory.age-old problem• It's an age-old problem and nothing that a dab of string lubricant or Vaseline wouldn't cure.• With this age-old problem neatly disposed of, Warwick feels he need only concentrate on defining intelligence.• In practical terms there is the age-old problem of accurate recording.• Little was done to resolve the age-old problem of land-distribution.• Child instruction has always been hampered by the age-old problem posed by constraints of religion.• It was the age-old problem that had not been solved since the Populists first went to the people in the 1870s.• Unfortunately they still don't solve the age-old problem - what to do with the things afterwards?
随便看	even up even-handed even-tempered notable achievement/success/victory notable example notable exception notable feature notable feature/example notable omission notable success notable victory notable/important/significant exception notables notably notare notaries notaries public notarise notarize notarized notary notary public notation notch notch something ↔ up