middlescence
noun[U]
uk/ˌmɪd.əˈles.əns/us/ˌmɪd.əˈles.əns/middleage(= theperiodin a person'slifebetween theagesof about 40 and 60),especiallywhen this isconsideredadifficultperiodofchange:
中年；（尤指困难的）中年期In middlescence, wewonderif we could have done more withourlives.人到中年的时候便开始思考人生是否可以做得更多。
Myparentsare going through atimeknownas "middlescence".我的父母正在经历所谓的“中年期”。
- Middlescence can be atimeofconfusionandfrustration.
- Increasingattentionis now beingpaidto middlescence as aphaseoflife.
- Today we're going totalkabout women'sconcernsabout middlescence.
Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- age
- autumn
- autumn yearsidiom
- decline
- early years
- eventide
- formative
- generational
- Indian summer
- infancy
- majority
- male menopause
- middle age
- middle-aged
- someone'sdeclining yearsidiom
- those were the daysidiom
- twilight yearsidiom
- youth