With the growth of civilization, the gap between the original capacities of the immature and the standards and customs of the elders increases. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
The young would imitate their elders in this task. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
It was, therefore, a different thing in its origins from the nobility of the early Aryans, which was a republican nobility of elders and leading men. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
These were crimes his elders fretted over among themselves and proposed to punish when the opportunity should offer. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
A young man for whom two such elders had devoted themselves would indeed be culpable if he threw himself away and made their sacrifices vain. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
I had half a mind to bend over the elders' shoulders, and answer their goodness with the thanks of my eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Ned, Frank, and the little girls joined in this, and while it went on, the three elders sat apart, talking. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
For the first few days, I had no choice but to give way to my elders and betters; the patient steadily sinking all the time. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Both elders pay you homage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
They were sent up by the minor gentry, freeholders and village elders of their districts as early as 1254, two knights from each shire. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The young men in the towns began to be Europeanized to the great dismay of their elders. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Veneering and other elders of tribes commended this way out of it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Let 'em wait, as their elders have done before 'em. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
But the elders of the ship's family ruled us down and scouted our evidences. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
When the Greeks go to war, these heads and elders meet in council and appoint a king, whose powers are very loosely defined. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
It becomes all children, especially girls, to be silent in the presence of their elders. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
As he grew, the elders were amazed at his haughty manner and his constant likeness to his father. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
First, the elder must rule the younger; and the best of the elders will be the best guardians. 柏拉图.理想国.
However, it was my plain duty to meet a polite and friendly advance on the part of one of my elders with a polite and friendly reply. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.