score是二十,three score years and ten这个短语应该翻译为“七十”,其实按照旧约来说,人的正常寿命就按照七十来算,所以这个固定短语还可以代指“一辈子”。
【例句】
We are supposed to spend three score years and ten, here below.
我们要在尘世间度过70年。
In most of recorded history even the more familiar three score years and ten was rare.
在绝大多数历史记载中,就连较为常见的古稀老人都很少。
【例句】
We are supposed to spend three score years and ten, here below.
我们要在尘世间度过70年。
In most of recorded history even the more familiar three score years and ten was rare.
在绝大多数历史记载中,就连较为常见的古稀老人都很少。