必學英文名詞

venerable age 高齡

I myself had originally retired some years ago when I reached the venerable age of 70.

當我達到70歲的高齡，我已經在幾年前退休。

appeal to 吸引

One thing that really appeals to me about the Hong Kong stock market is that it changes so radically every year.

關於香港市場，有一樣東西非常吸引我，就是它每年都大起大落。

be delegated to 被委派

I was delegated to answer the written enquries.

我被委派解答書面極詢。

a dearth of / paucity of  缺乏
The risk of collapse is rather negligible if there are no sellers, or even a dearth of sellers.