He finished as a grand old man of American letters.

最终，他成为了美国文坛的元老级人物。

They had gone from enfonterible to grand old men, and were two of the most famous men in France.

他们已经从长老变成了元老，是法国最有名的两位人物。

This grand old man was also a free-thinker.

此老汉也是一个思想开通的人。

" I was just asking myself, " I said, " who could possibly succeed Edward Driffield as the Grand Old Man of English Letters and you arrive to answer my question" .

" 我正在问自己，" 我说，" 谁有可能接替爱德华·德里菲尔德成为英国文学的泰斗，你刚好进来回答我的问题。"

When Connie Mack, the grand old man of baseball, was eighty-one years old, I asked him if he had ever worried over games that were lost.

当棒球界的伟人康尼·麦克 (Connie Mack) 八十一岁时，我问他是否曾为输掉的比赛而担心过。

Connie Mack, the grand old man of baseball, told me that if he doesn't take an afternoon nap before a game, he is all tuckered out at around the fifth inning.

Connie Mack，棒球界的老将，告诉我，如果他在比赛前不睡个午觉，大约在第五局时他就会筋疲力尽。