It is no use starting late in life to say:
年老的时候说
新概念英语第四册 Lesson 46 Hobbies

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

late [let] 词频1
adj. 晚的，迟到的;时间不早的;已故的;原来的，之前的;临近终了的; adv. 晚，迟;后期地;最近地;
💡 因丢三落(la)四而特(te)爱 迟到
"His parents won't allow him to stay out late."
他的父母不会允许他在外待得很晚。
近义：lagging, lingering, overdue, straggling, straggly, tardy 反义：prompt, timely, exact, antiquated, archaic, naff
life [laɪf] 词频1
n. 生活，生计;生命，性命;一生，寿命;人生，尘世;
"My life seemed aimless."
我的生活似乎没有目标。
近义：being, existence, liveliness, spark, sprightliness, zest 反义：passing, quietus, decease, demise, disappearance, end
starting ['stɑ:tiŋ]
n. 出发，开始; v. 出发，启程( start的现在分词 );起动;提出（问题）;开办;
"The band is starting to get a lot of airplay."
这支乐队的歌曲已开始在电台热播。
近义：startup, bolt, activation, actuation, commencement, inception

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-location in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly utilitarian role.
我们只要看一看蝙蝠回声定位这一极不寻常的发现，就可以探究一下声音在什么情况下有绝对的实用价值。
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.
长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；或在人们周围列队保护，使他们免遭鲨鱼伤害。
and another group were disturbed for an equal period of time but when they were no exhibiting eye-movements,
另一组人也是连续几夜被叫醒，但是在眼球队没活动时被叫醒的。
and since most medical men in the Health Services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and little-appreciated advice on such subjects as diet,
因为卫生部门的大多数医生都超负荷工作，所以没有多少时间提出一些既费时而又不受人欢迎的忠告，如注意饮食、
and they provided a striking demonstration of the potentialities hidden in instruments and apparatus.
并充分显示出了仪表和仪器的潜在力量。
If we could stay as vigorous as we are at twelve,
假如我们能保持12岁时的旺盛生命力，