A brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club.
一个轻率的的新人对俱乐部古老的准入制度提出了质疑。

It is hard to eliminate this age-old bad practice. We must be patient.
这些痼弊很难消除，需要我们有耐心。

Age-old barriers of distance and time were being swept aside.
距离和时间这些古老的障碍不会被予以考虑。

Yet even in hospital with the most eloquent bill of rights, believers in benevolent deception continue their age-old practices.
然而，即使在口口声声支持权利法案的医院里，撒仁慈之说的信徒们还继续着他们那老掉牙的行径。