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1.“在他20岁那年”,翻译是:“when he was twenty years old”
2.在“when he was in his twenties ”中“ twenties ”用复数是因为并不是说他就整二十岁,而是说在他二十多岁(20-29)的时候。
对于年龄的表达需注意单复数,因为这直接决定翻译的准确性。
以上解答希望对你有所帮助。
英语“年龄”表示法
1�表示“整岁”,直接用基数词或year,age,例如“他20岁”可表示为:
He is twenty.
He is twenty years old.
He is a twenty-year-old man.
He is aged twenty.
He is at age twenty.
He is at the age of twenty.
He is twenty years of age.
2�表示“在某人几十多岁”,用“in one's +基数词复数形式”,例如:
他七十多岁。He is in his seventies.(从70岁到79岁之间)
她五十多岁。She is in her fifties.(从50岁到59岁之间)
还可以借助early,middle,late来表达得更明确一些,例如:
那女孩今年二十二、三岁。The girl is in her early twenties.
他今年十四、五岁。He is in his middle teens.
她今年二十八、九岁。She is in her late twenties.
3�表示“快满多少岁”用进行时或将来时,例如“他快满十八岁了”可说成:
He is getting on for eighteen.
He is going on eighteen years old.
He willbe eighteen years old.
It willbe his eighteenth birthday.
4�表示“不满多少岁”,用副词barely,nearly,al- most,quite,yet,just等,例如“她不满十七岁”有以下几种说法:
She is barely /nearly /almost seventeen.
She is not quite /yet seventeen.
She is just under seventeen.
5�表示“差多久满多少岁”用介词off,例如:
他差5个月就满19岁了。He is five months off nineteen.
她再过3年就50岁了。She is three years off fifty.
6�表示“超过多少岁”用介词past,例如:
他已年过50。He is past fifty.
他是一个过了中年的人。He is a man past middle age.
那孩子两岁零两个月。The baby is two months past two years old.
twenties代表的是20-29岁这一段年龄的固定搭配。
在他20岁那年应该是 at his age of twenty
in one's twenties 在某人20多岁的时候,固定搭配,记着吧。
when he was in his twenties 当他20多岁的时候
意思是一样的,但是第二种说法太罗嗦了。
在他二十几岁的时候
in one's twenties(或者thirties,...)是固定搭配,表示在某人二十几岁(三十几岁,...)的时候