septuagenarian

septuagenarian

1. By putting Sarah Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency of a septuagenarian, John McCain was simply not being serious enough about the responsibilities of leadership.

一个七十多岁的老者任职总统,而让莎拉.佩林作为意外情况下的法定继承者,看来麦凯恩没有充分认真地考虑领导的责任。

2. Two septuagenarian Chinese ladies were sentenced last week to a year’s “re-education through labor” for daring to apply for a permit to publicly protest the destruction of their homes.

上周,由于申请示威许可,对毁坏她们家园的行为表示抗议,两位年逾古稀的老妇人被判处一年“劳动教养”。

3. Almost 30% of Americans tell pollsters that America is not ready to put a septuagenarian into the White House.

几乎有三成美国民众告诉民调机构美国还没有准备好让一位70好几的老人入主白宫。

4. A sanguine septuagenarian, happy at last.

在我七十岁的时候,终于找到了真爱。

5. Though Matei, played by Tim Roth, retains a septuagenarian's memories and experiences, his body, restored to 30-year-old form, is mysteriously immune to the effects of time.

提姆罗斯饰演的马泰,虽保有七旬老翁的记忆与经验,身体却回到30岁的状态,谜一般的不受岁月摧残。

6. Yet, despite the long shadow that the septuagenarian casts over his country's politics, Mr Chirac's is not the only France.

然而,尽管这位七十岁的老人在法国政坛投下了一条长长的影子,但并非是唯一之人。

7. And the party's septuagenarian prime minister and acting finance minister, Manmohan Singh, is incapacitated: off work for a month after undergoing heart bypass surgery on January 24th.

该党推选的70多岁的总理和代理财长曼莫汉辛格也无力履职,他在1月24日接受心脏搭桥手术后已离职1月。

8. SHORT, septuagenarian and bespectacled, Warren Buffett does not resemble a typical superhero.

身材短小,七十多岁,还带着眼镜,沃伦-巴菲特的形象和典型的超级英雄大相径庭。

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