in her mid-thirties,翻译成汉语:在她35岁左右的时候。应该是34、35、36岁中间的一个。
解释:
因为thirties指的是 thirty 到thirty-nine(30-39),那么mid是正中间的数字,就是最靠近35.
分析:
介词短语,在句子里面作时间状语;
in one's 整十的基数词的复数,表示在某人几十岁(从整0-9)的时候;
例句:
She's in her mid-thirties.
她三十五六岁了。
I was in my twenties and everything was being renewed.
我当时二十多岁,一切事物都日新月异。
I married my husband Alain in my early forties.
四十出头的时候我与丈夫阿兰结了婚。
Sir Alec was a thin, pale man in his late forties, with an engaging smile.
亚历克爵士是个年近五十的消瘦而苍白的人,他脸上总要挂著迷人的微笑。