单词详解

At the age of sixty he took up the study of Russian. 在60岁时他开始学习俄语。

He ceased to write at the age of sixty. 他60岁停止了写作。

He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour. 他以每小时60英里的速度开车。

He is now well over sixty, but is still going strong. 他已六十多岁了，可是还强壮得很。

She achieved a throw of sixty metres in the javelin event. 在掷标枪项目中，她掷了60米远。

Sixty seconds make a minute. 60秒为1分。

The check was made out for sixty pounds. 开了一张60英镑的支票。

There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year. 一年三百六十五日。

She types a maxima of sixty words a minute. 她一分钟打字的极限是六十个字。

She is close on sixty. 她接近六十岁了。

Sixty years! Can you imagine it? 六十个年头！你能想象得到吗？

Students have traveled to sixty countries over the years.

多年来，学生们旅行之处已多达六十个国家。

Sixty percent of the examinees were very satisfied. 百分之六十的考生都非常的满意。

2. n.

A. [pl] 六十几（指60至69之间的数字） (When you talk about the sixties, you are referring to numbers between 60 and 69. For example, if you are in your sixties, you are aged between 60 and  69. If the temperature is in the sixties, it is between 60 and 69 degrees.)

She is a lively widow in her sixties. 她是一位年过花甲、精神矍铄的寡妇。