forty

1. 四十
   40
2. 四十几；四十年代
   numbers, years or temperatures from 40 to 49

1. (数字)40
   Forty is the number 40.
2. N-PLURAL 四十多，四十几(指从40至49的数字)
   When you talk about the forties, you are referring to numbers between 40 and 49. For example, if you are in your forties, you are aged between 40 and 49. If the temperature is in 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。
3. N-PLURAL 二十世纪四十年代(指从 1940 年至 1949 年)
   The forties is 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. Now I can look back on the whole tragedy from a distance of forty years.
   时隔40年后，现在我可以回顾整个悲剧了。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Steel cans were introduced sometime during the forties.
   钢罐是20世纪40年代时开始使用的。
9. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground
   四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。
10. 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！
11. I judged him to be about forty
    我估计他40岁上下。
12. Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition
    人口中有40%的人营养不良。
13. I went through my midlife crisis about four or five years ago, when I was forty.
    四五年前，在我40岁的时候，我经历了中年危机。
14. I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
    我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。
15. Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.
    最多给自己留40分钟。
16. Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.
    高达40%的学生签证均已过期。
17. The plant provides forty per cent of the country's electricity.
    全国总电量的40%是这家发电厂提供的。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. More than forty Conservative MPs rebelled against the government and voted against the bill.
    40多个保守党议员反对政府的主张，对法案投了反对票。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.
    四十岁以后她有点发胖了。
27. He sold his horse for forty pounds.
    他以40英镑卖掉了他的马。

n.

in your forties

• 40多岁
  between the ages of 40 and 49

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four

   Synonym:    40XL

adj

1. being ten more than thirty

   Synonym:    40xltwoscore