centenarian
基本释义
- n.
- 人瑞；百岁人瑞
实用例句
Japan has more than 4,000 centenarians.
日本有4,000多位百岁老人。
The country's centenarian ranks are dominated by women, who make up 86 percent of the total.
该国的百岁老人队伍以妇女为主, 占总数的86%.
期刊摘选
They also predicted using genetics alone many of those among study participants would be a centenarian.
仅从遗传学上分析,他们推测研究中的被试者们有很多会成为百岁人.
期刊摘选
真题例句
Overall, the total number of centenarians is going up.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In recent years, the death rate among American centenarians—people who have lived to age 100 or older—has decreased, dropping 14% for women and 20% for men from 2008 to 2014.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In 2014, there were 72,197 centenarians compared to 50,281 in 2000.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In 2000, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.
出自-2016年12月听力原文But by 2014, the death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease for this age group have more than doubled, increasing from 3.8% to 8.5%, making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.
出自-2016年12月听力原文英英释义
1. someone who is at least 100 years old
1. being at least 100 years old