centenarian

centenarian读音音标

英[ˌsentɪˈneəriən]

美[ˌsentɪˈneriən]

基本意思释义

n.人瑞；百岁人瑞

短语及实用例句

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.

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.

In 2014, there were 72,197 centenarians compared to 50,281 in 2000.

In 2000, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.

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.

英英释义

Noun

1. someone who is at least 100 years old

Adjective

1. being at least 100 years old