the age-old的意思|示意

We pondered, as so many did then and since, on the vastness of the Universe asking the age-old questions, the “who”, “when” and “why” of that most puzzling of cosmic conundrums[5].

和同时代以及后来许多人一样，我们思索宇宙的浩瀚，问古老的问题——有关宇宙的起源的“谁”、“何时”以及“为什么”，这可是所有宇宙难题中最令人困惑和费解的。

Cosmetic surgery, perhaps, falls into the age-old category of accommodations women make to render themselves nonthreatening.

为免却后顾之虞，许多女性也许都把整容手术的费用列入养老金的行列里。

Forest on the islands grows and dies by itself. Nowadays nobody chops or clears the age-old trees with fire.

岛上森林自生自灭。现在没有人来清理这些老朽的树木来生火。

The age-old excuse people have for avoiding public speaking is, “I don’t have anything to say.

上了年纪的人为了避免在公共场合的演讲，会说"我没什么要讲的。

So subtlety is out and it's back to the age-old problem for both men and women: who has the guts to risk rejection with the direct approach?

所以，有了更细微的问题，也即对于男人和女人，都回到那古老的问题：谁更有胆量承担拒绝直接态度的风险？

It advises administrators in setting UNDO_RETENTION appropriately to avoid the age-old 'snapshot too old' problem.

它为管理员适当地设置UNDO_RETENTION提供建议，以避免快照过于陈旧的问题。