middle-aged
adjective
uk/ˌmɪd.əlˈeɪdʒd/us/ˌmɪd.əlˈeɪdʒd/B1
inmiddleage:
中年的They're a middle-agedcouple, withgrown-upchildren.他们是一对中年夫妇，孩子们都已成年。
disapproving
toocarefuland notshowingtheenthusiasm,energy, orstyleof someoneyoung:
具有中年人特点的；谨慎无热情的What aconventional, middle-agedattitudehe has tolife!他对生活的态度实在太保守了，简直像中年人！
- Thecompanyisrunalmostentirelyby middle-aged men.
- Mostcompanydirectorsare middle-aged men, but this 28-year-old woman is anexceptionthatprovestherule.
- Helookedabitoffendedwhen you called him middle-aged.
- Thedancefloorwasfullof middle-agedcouplessmoochingtoslushyballads.
Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- age
- autumn
- autumn yearsidiom
- decline
- early years
- eventide
- formative
- generational
- Indian summer
- infancy
- majority
- male menopause
- middle age
- middlescence
- someone'sdeclining yearsidiom
- those were the daysidiom
- twilight yearsidiom
- youth
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Tedious and uninspiring