英语释义

1. past one's prime

2. advanced in age

片语

in decline在衰退中

on the decline在走下坡路；在衰退中

be over the hill人到中年

Clouds Over the Hill坂上之云

Carry Over The Hill水果运输车

Moon Over The Hill山丘上的月亮

Over The First Hill翻过第一座小山

rise over the hill从山岗上升起

OVER THE GREEN HILL到青山那边去

Far Over The Hill远方小山上

Escalator Over the Hill唱片名

英汉例句

• suddenly without warning a large deer came over the hill and was standing looking straight at me.

  突然在没有任何预兆的情况下，一只巨大的鹿跑过山头，站在那里直直的望着我。

• she uses the phrase ‘ over the hill ’ – could you explain that please kate?

  她用了一个词「衰退期（over the hill）」——你能解释下这个词吗凯特？

• although you「re getting older, you」re not over the hill yet.

  你虽然年纪见长，但你仍未过你的颠峰时期。

• when olson came out, 「i felt over the hill as a gay man, clueless about what gay meant and suddenly alone, 」 he writes.

  当欧森出柜，「作为一名男同志，我像翻过了一座山，面对着‘同志——意味些什么’束手无策，还有，突然间，只剩下了我一个。」他写道。

• derek「s over the hill and on the downside of his hockey career, and the young stud on the team reminds him of that fact at every turn.

  另一方面，德里克的曲棍球职业生涯开始走下坡路，与队里年轻的小伙子相比常常让他相形见绌。

• the next morning, he was going over the hill again, with five cardboard boxes piled up one above the other in his cart, thinking, because we acquiesce.

  第二天上午，他又经过了那个灯塔山，这次车上装了五个纸板盒子，一个叠着一个堆在车上。

• nick is among those to be laid off as he is considered over the hill by management.

  因为管理层觉得尼克已经过了巅峰期，所以他被列入了裁员的名单中。

• the news that 58 is 「 over the hill 」 may come as a surprise to anyone who has passed the milestone and feels they are not yet in the twilight of their lives.

  这一结果可能会让那些已过58岁但却尚未感到人生迟暮的人感到吃惊。

• a 50-year-old is not yet over the hill in most companies but he or she is at the brow.

  在多数公司中，一个50岁的人还没有过黄金时期，但他或者她已经快走到了头。

• buying cherries is always a bit of a crapshoot for consumers — the same variety that is tart one week may be perfect the next, and over the hill two weeks later.

  购买樱桃对于消费者来说可是一件非常冒险的事情，同一个品种第一周或许还很可怕，但是过了一周就有完美的表现，过了两周说不定就会呈下降的趋势。

• 「it is important for people not to think that they are over the hill when they are 35 or 40, 」 adds stephan.

  「人们在35或40岁的时候不要以为他们过了出成绩的高峰时期是很重要的，」史蒂芬补充说。

• we were marching on this road to the front when this german fighter plane came over the hill ahead of us like a bat out of hell.

  这句话的意思是：「我们当时正在行军到前线去。突然,一架德国战斗机从我们前面的山头上出现。

• speechwriter sam seaborn argues that mankind should go to mars because 「it」s next」: "we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire;

  讲稿代笔人山姆·希邦这样论证人类应该探索火星：因为那儿是“下一站」，“祖先们告别洞穴，眺望远山，进而学会用火；

• sure; well if someone says you’re over the hill , it’s not a very nice thing to say about you.

  当然；如果有人说你到了衰退期，这绝不是好事。

相似词

aged老化（age的过去式）；成熟；变老

ancient古代人；老人

elderly上了年纪的；过了中年的；稍老的

geriatric老年病人；衰老老人

old(Old)人名；(英)奥尔德

older(Older)人名；(英)奥尔德

senescent衰老的；变老的；老化的

senior上司；较年长者；毕业班学生

相反词

young(Young)人名；(中)杨(广东话·威妥玛)；(柬)永；(英、葡)扬

youthful年轻的；早期的