中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
〔old 的比较级，但不能与 than 并用〕
1.年长的；资格老的。
2.从前的。
3.优先的。
短语和例子
one's elder brother [sister] 哥哥[姊姊]。
n.
年长者，长辈；族长；前人，祖先；(教会的)长老。 elder statesman 1. 政界元老，社会上有影响的人物。 2. (日本史上天皇的)元老参事团参事。 elder times 古时候。 elder title 优先权。
n.
【植物；植物学】接骨木。

a person who is older than you are
同义词：senior,

any of various church officers

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
同义词：elderberry bush,

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."
同义词：older, sr.,

例句与用法

I used always to lie with the elder sister .
从前我总是和那位大姐同睡。

Revolt was raised by his elder brother .
他的哥哥起来造反。

He was the elder of her two sons .
他是她两个儿子中的长子。

They all called her elder sister .
他们都管她叫大姐姐。

Traditions were passed on by the elders of the tribe .
部族的传统由长者承袭相传。

It was a distressing time for their elders .
做父母的人感到这是个令人苦恼的时期。

The king named him zal, which means the elder .
国王给他起名叫扎尔，是长者的意思。

My elder sister lives in canada .
我姐姐住在加拿大。

He is her elder by several years .
他比她大几岁。

Children often have far more sense than their elders .
孩子们往往比他们的长辈理智得多。