12. With this refusal to publicly name a successor, 84-year-old Warren Buffett joined the club of billionaire ___ spurning retirement.
(A) octogenarians
(B) nonagenarians
(C) septuagenarians
(D) centenarians

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統計： A(148), B(45), C(51), D(51), E(0) #868298

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octogenarians 八旬老人
nonagenarians    a person who is from 90 to 99 years old.
septuagenarians   a person who is from 70 to 79 years old.
 
 centenarians百歲老人
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There are different words for people in each decade of age:

 

A person between 10 and 19 years old is called a denarian.

A person between 20 and 29 is called a vicenarian.

A person between 30 and 39 is called a tricenarian.

A person between 40 and 49 is called a quadragenarian.

A person between 50 and 59 is called a quinquagenarian.

A person between 60 and 69 is called a sexagenarian.

A person between 70 and 79 is called a septuagenarian.

A person between 80 and 89 is called an octogenarian.

A person between 90 and 99 is called a nonagenarian.

A person between 100 and 109 is called a centenarian.

A person 110 years old or older is called a supercentenarian.

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this refusal to publicly name a successor 公開拒絕任命繼承人. joined the club of billionaire octogenarians 參與80～89歲億萬富翁的俱樂部/社團
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With this refusal to publicly name a successor, 84-year-old Warren Buffett joined the club of billionaire octogenarians spurning retirement.

拒絕公開指定繼任者，84歲的沃倫·巴菲特加入了拒絕退休的億萬富翁八旬老人俱樂部。

 

* refusal拒絕;回絕

* successor繼任者，接替者;繼承人;接替的事物

* spurning輕蔑地拒絕;摒棄

 

(A) octogenarians八旬老人，80至89歲的人

(B) nonagenarians 九十多歲的人

(C) septuagenarians 七旬老人

(D) centenarians 百歲（或百歲以上的）人瑞
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