forty
英 [ˈfɔːti]
美 [ˈfɔːrti]
n. 四十; 四十几
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.- 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。
- He was a big man in his forties, smartly dressed in a suit and tie.
- 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.- Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
钢罐是 20 世纪 40 年代时开始使用的。
- Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
英英释义
noun
adj
双语例句
- He picked up forty of these publications and read each one of them.
他从这些出版物中挑选了40本，逐一阅读。 - In Rio, nearly forty people have been held to ransom this year alone
在里约热内卢，仅今年一年就有近40人被绑票。 - 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。 - Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.
高达40%的学生签证均已过期。 - One hundred and forty quid for a pair of headphones, you've got to be joking!
一副耳机140英镑，你不是在开玩笑吧！ - He had reason to be pleased with himself, since he was one of only seven out of forty candidates who were successful.
他有理由沾沾自喜，因为他是40个候选人里仅有的7名成功者之一。 - I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。 - He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years
他的政治生涯将近40年，其间起起伏伏。 - Two-way trade between the two countries increased by more than forty per cent last year
去年，两国间的双向贸易增长了40%多。 - I judged him to be about forty
我估计他40岁上下。