230704韩国立法取消虚岁，全民"变年轻"
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South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation's two traditional age-counting methods with international standards.
The law scraps one traditional system that deemed South Koreans one year old at birth, counting time in the womb.
Another counted everyone as ageing by a year every first day of January instead of on their birthdays.
▍语言点
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align A with B 使A和B保持一致 · align /əˈlaɪn/ v. 使……一致(常用被动形式) · Domestic prices have been aligned with those in world markets. 国内价格已调整到与世界市场一致。 · align sth. with international standards 和国际标准接轨
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scrap /skræp/ v. 废除，取消(remove)
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deem /diːm/ v. 认为(consider) · be deemed to do/be sth. 被认为做了某事/被认为是…… · They were deemed to be illegal immigrants. 他们被认为是非法移民。
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womb /wuːm/ n. 子宫 · 拓展：此处的字母b不发音，类似读音的单词还有climb /klaɪm/ v. 攀爬
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age /eɪdʒ/ v. 长大；变老