older than 文法上的替換

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解答如下

older than=senior to 才對

senior 本身就有年長;資深的意思

be senior to 就是比....年長;資深

be junior to 比...年輕

一般說來,比較級是用than,但以上用法屬特例,而且senior, junior本身就有比較級的意味存在,不能用 more senior or more junior

e.g.

She is 5 years senior to me.

She is senior to me by 5 years.


以上兩句均可說明:"她比我年長五歲"


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[中]我比你老兩歲

[英]I am 2 years order than you.

[換]I am 2 years senior to you. 才對


希望對你有幫助


2011-07-21 21:13:09 補充：
再舉一些例句讓版大參考

希望版大能學得更多(be junior to)

That teacher's assistant is at least ten years junior to the professor (in experience).

那位助教的資歷起碼比那位教授少十年。

I'm two years junior to my older brother (in age).

我比我哥小兩歲。

2011-07-21 21:13:20 補充：
再舉一個有趣的例句讓版大參考:

She is senior to me by five years in age, but she is junior to me by ten years in this company.

她雖然比我年長五歲，但在這家公司裡她卻比我資淺十年之多

(這在公司中時常見到，較年長職員還要稱呼較年輕職員為"前輩")

2011-07-21 21:57:56 補充：
To Jo Jo:

我們真的比較常用"senior than"嗎?

有點懷疑......

I am two years older than you.

Macmillan 字典例句：European cities are centuries older than ours.(p.1939)

I am two years your senior.

Macmillan English Dictonary for Advanced Learners 2007 edition p.1351
to be two/three etc years sb's senior

北極熊～你好棒～

你是我的chocolate～

哈哈，自動翻滾離開。

解答：1. 指「年紀」，older than 和senior to可替換使用。
2. 但senior to，還有另一個意思是 older than沒有的，因為senior to還可指「資歷、經驗」較資深。
3. A is xxx years older than B. (單純指年紀)= A is older than B by xxx years. (單純指年紀)= A is xxx years senior to B. (有可能指較資深；要看前後文情境來決定)= A is senior to B by xxx years. (有可能指較資深；要看前後文情境來決定)
例: Betty is the youngest of his ten sales ladies in age, but senior to others in rank (experience). (十位女銷售員中，論年紀是最年輕的，但論資歷卻是最資深的)
4. junior to 和younger than 是上述的反義用法，但原理仍同上。