forty

英 [ˈfɔːti]

美 [ˈfɔːrti]

n.  四十; 四十几

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Collins.5 / BNC.1350 / COCA.3734

习惯用语

n.

in your forties
• 40多岁
  between the ages of 40 and 49

牛津词典

• 四十
  40
• 四十几；四十年代
  numbers, years or temperatures from 40 to 49

柯林斯词典

• (数字)40
  Fortyis the number 40.
• N-PLURAL 四十多，四十几(指从40至49的数字)
  When you talk about theforties, you are referring to numbers between 40 and 49. For example, if you areinyourforties, you are aged between 40 and 49. If the temperature isin the forties, the temperature is between 40 and 49 degrees.
  1. He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie.
     他是一个四十多岁的高大男子，穿西装打领带，看上去很精神。
• N-PLURAL 二十世纪四十年代(指从 1940 年至 1949 年)
  The fortiesis the decade between 1940 and 1949.
  1. Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
     钢罐是 20 世纪 40 年代时开始使用的。

英英释义

noun

• the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
  Synonym:40XL

adj

• being ten more than thirty
  Synonym:40xltwoscore

双语例句

• Wade was going to be paid a salary, instead of by the hour, whether he put in forty hours or not
  会按月给韦德开工资，而不是按小时，无论他是否工作了40个小时。
• He sold his horse for forty pounds.
  他以40英镑卖掉了他的马。
• About forty prisoners are still barricaded inside the wrecked buildings.
  仍有大约40名囚犯被困在严重损毁的建筑物中。
• Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
  48年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。
• After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me
  在警队呆了40年后，我对什么都见怪不怪了。
• More than forty armoured vehicles carrying troops have been sent into the area.
  载着部队官兵的40多辆装甲车被派往该地区。
• Over the past forty years plastics have revolutionised the way we live
  在过去的40年中，塑料彻底改变了我们的生活方式。
• I was forty, the age when people take stock and change their lives.
  我已年届不惑，到了该全面审视自己并改变生活的年龄了。
• Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition
  人口中有40%的人营养不良。
• Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.
  最多给自己留40分钟。