A girl of seventeen is woman, when a man of seventeen is a boy. 姑娘十七已是妇女;男子十七仍是孩童。
Harriet was an extremely pretty girl of seventeen, not in the least brilliant, but with pleasing, unassuming manners, and a gratifying habit of looking up to Emma as a paragon. 哈里特是附近寄宿学校学生,住在校长家里。她年方十七,相貌出众,虽然资质低下,但举止行为却讨人喜欢,毫不做作,又习惯于把爱玛奉为楷模,所以挺称人心意。
He is seventeen. 他十七岁。
He joined up at seventeen [in1974]. 他是17岁时[1974年]参军的。
I told the man on the door that I'm over eighteen although in fact I've only just turned seventeen. 尽管我实际上只刚过17岁,但是我还是告诉门口那人我已过18。
I will be seventeen next birthday. 再过一次生日,我就十七岁了。
My son wans to join the army when he leaves school. He's nearly seventeen and should know his own mind by now. 我儿子希望毕业后去参军,他快17岁了,该到自己决定干什么的时候了。