| 单词 | 四十 |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔CONTINUE〕Soloviov returned to the town where he was born after more than forty years and found his old house still standing. 四十多年后，索洛维奥夫回到了他出生的城镇，发现他家的老房子还在。朗文写作活用〔NICE〕He was charming, good-looking and in his early forties. 他四十来岁，漂亮迷人。朗文写作活用〔PLAN〕Texas faces a budget deficit of over $4 billion. 得克萨斯面临四十多亿美元的预算赤字。朗文写作活用〔REGULAR/REGULARLY〕The series has been on TV every week for forty years. 这系列节目四十年来每周一次在电视上播出。朗文写作活用〔TELL〕The Spanish government announced that it would invest over $14,000 million in the Latin American region. 西班牙政府宣布将在拉丁美洲地区投资一百四十多亿美元。朗文写作活用〔TIME〕Many consider the ‘30s and ’40s to be the golden age of Hollywood movies. 许多人认为三四十年代是好莱坞电影的黄金年代。朗文写作活用〔TYPE〕There are over forty species of bird living on the island. 这座岛上栖息着四十多种鸟类。朗文写作活用〔ancient〕He's in his forties, absolutely ancient.他四十多岁, 绝对地老套。外研社新世纪〔at〕At the director's command, the thirty or forty people left.在主任的一声令下，那三四十人都离开了。文馨英汉〔bachelor〕He remained a bachelor until he was well into his 40s.他一直到四十好几还是单身。剑桥高阶〔board〕He gave up his seat on the board after 40 years.他在董事会里干了四十年后辞职了。朗文当代〔bundle up〕Her mother had bundled all her Forties clothes up and burnt them.她母亲把她四十几岁时穿的所有衣服都包起来烧掉了。柯林斯高阶〔call〕After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day(= to retire).从政四十年，我想现在也该退休了。牛津高阶〔chequered〕He had a chequered political career spanning nearly forty years.他度过了将近四十年起起落落的政治生涯。外研社新世纪〔come〕They would have been married forty years come this June.到今年六月他们结婚就有四十年了。牛津高阶〔complete〕The cathedral was completed forty years later.这座大教堂四十年后建成。外研社新世纪〔enter on/upon sth〕He first entered on a career in banking over 40 years ago.他四十多年前进入银行业。剑桥高阶〔excluding〕There are forty people in the hotel, excluding the workers.除旅馆工作人员外，旅馆内有四十个人。文馨英汉〔expansion〕The novel is an expansion of a short story he wrote about forty years ago.这部小说由他大约四十年前写的一篇短篇小说扩展而成。朗文当代〔fortieth〕He came fortieth in the race.他跑了第四十名。外研社新世纪〔forty〕Forty of them will be sent to Afghanistan.其中四十人将被派往阿富汗。外研社新世纪〔forty〕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。柯林斯高阶〔forty〕She is in her forties.她四十多岁。韦氏高阶〔forty〕The place was built as a casino in the forties.这个地方建于二十世纪四十年代，起初是一座赌场。朗文当代〔forty〕There were forty students in the class.班里有四十个学生。外研社新世纪〔forty〕They stopped smoking in their forties. At night the temperature fell into the forties.他们在四十几岁时戒了烟。晚上，温度降到四十几度美国传统〔guess〕If I had to make a wild guess I'd say he's over 40.如果非得瞎猜一下, 那我觉得他有四十多岁了。外研社新世纪〔immortality〕I keep remembering Hannah Pakula's immortal line: 'Hollywood is no place for a woman over forty with a library card.' 我一直谨记汉娜·帕库拉的名言：“好莱坞不是年过四十手拿图书证的女人呆的地方。”柯林斯高阶〔into〕John was well into his forties before he got married.约翰结婚时已经四十多岁了。朗文当代〔introduction〕For those of us in our forties, McNamara needs no introduction.对于我们这些年过四十的人来说，麦克纳马拉是谁无需介绍。牛津搭配〔judge〕I judged him to be about forty.我估计他四十岁左右。外研社新世纪〔kittenish〕She is over forty, but still kittenish.她已年过四十，却还是忸怩作态。文馨英汉〔low〕People guessed his age to be in the low forties.人们猜测他的年龄是四十出头。英汉大词典〔new〕Fifty is the new forty.四十已过时，五十正时兴。牛津高阶〔on〕Now, forty years on, this is one of the most successful theatres in the country.四十年以后的今天，这家剧院成了国内最为成功的剧院之一。朗文当代〔piecemeal〕The premises have been expanded in a piecemeal fashion over 40 years.四十年来, 这个经营场所一直在一点一点地逐步扩建外研社新世纪〔placard〕Thirty or forty people were holding up placards and chanting.三四十人举着小牌子在反复喊口号。外研社新世纪〔plane〕Over 40 people died in the plane crash .有四十多人在飞机失事中死亡。朗文当代〔prime〕She's now forty and still in her prime.她年已四十，依然风华正茂。朗文当代〔quarter〕It's quarter of four now—I'll meet you at quarter after.现在是三点四十五分，我将在四点十五分和你碰面。牛津高阶〔quarter〕She arrived three quarters of an hour (=45 minutes) late.她迟到了四十五分钟。朗文当代〔return〕It was forty five minutes before she returned.过了四十五分钟她才回来。朗文当代〔round〕Make it a round figure—say forty dollars.凑个整数，就四十块钱吧。牛津高阶〔sacred〕Frontiers which have held for over forty years are no longer sacred.维持了四十多年的边界不再神圣了。朗文当代〔school〕School begins [starts] at 8:45.学校八点四十五分开上课。文馨英汉〔shine〕She has set a shining example of loyal service over four decades.四十年间，她树立了一个忠诚服务的光辉榜样。牛津高阶〔space〕Forty-four people died in the space of five days.五天里死了四十四个人。牛津高阶〔squat〕Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。柯林斯高阶〔syndrome〕This syndrome mostly affects women in their forties.这种综合征多出现在四十多岁的女性身上。牛津搭配〔temperature〕Some places had temperatures in the forties during the heatwave.热浪袭来时有些地方气温达到四十多度。牛津搭配〔term〕Women over 40 seem to be just as capable of carrying a baby to term as younger women.年过四十的女性好像也能和年轻女性一样怀孕到足月。外研社新世纪〔the〕My car does forty miles to the gallon.我的车每加仑汽油跑四十英里。牛津高阶〔thirty〕She became quite a notable director in the thirties and forties.她在三四十年代成了一位名导演。柯林斯高阶〔thirty〕The temperature outside is in the high thirties.户外气温接近四十度。韦氏高阶〔though〕Though she's almost 40, she still plans to compete.尽管她已经快四十岁了，她仍然打算参加竞争。朗文当代〔twenty〕We spent forty dollars and had twenty left.我们花了四十美元，还剩二十美元。韦氏高阶〔well preserved〕A well-preserved male model can go on working into his forties.一名保养得好的男性模特儿可以一直工作到四十多岁。剑桥高阶〔work〕Forty police officers are working round the clock (=working day and night without stopping) to find Murray's killer.为了找出杀害默里的凶手，四十位警官正日夜工作。朗文当代After forty years of marriage, they still love each other just as much as they always did.结婚四十年后，他们还一如既往地爱着对方。剑桥国际After forty years, this film still hasn't lost its power to shock.四十年后，这部电影仍然没有失去它震撼人心的力量。剑桥国际Although I'm forty, in my parents’eyes/in the eyes of my parents (= in my parents’opinion), I'm still a young person.虽然我已经四十了，但在我父母看来，我还是个年轻人。剑桥国际At 45, she is a cougar that feasts upon younger men. 今年四十五岁的她，专门喜欢找比她年轻的男人。译典通Before he was forty he amassed a large fortune. 他在四十岁之前已积聚了一大笔财富。译典通Big band music was very popular during the 1930s and 40s.大乐队音乐在二十世纪三十年代和四十年代特别流行。剑桥国际Experts say that the number of cancer deaths caused by the fallout from weapons testing could rise to 2．4 million over the next few centuries.专家们说由武器试验引起的核尘埃造成的癌症死亡人数可能在近几个世纪里增至两百四十万。剑桥国际For someone who has spent forty years in show business she remains remarkably unaffected.作为在娱乐业滚打了四十年的人, 她保持着惊人的纯真。剑桥国际Forty hours is a fairly average working week for most people.对大多数人而言，一周工作四十小时是相当正常的。牛津商务Forty people helped to put out (=stop) the fire.四十个人帮助扑灭了大火。剑桥国际Forty years of twists and turns in politics have taught them to remain circumspect.四十年在政治上的曲折坎坷教会了他们怎样保持小心谨慎。剑桥国际Forty years of war have left behind a material and spiritual emptiness.四十年的战争遗留下物质上的贫乏和精神上的空白。剑桥国际He has lived in the city, man and boy, for forty years. 他从小到大在这个城市，已经住了四十年。译典通He is only forty years old, but he has been diagnosed with diabetes. 他才四十岁，但已被诊断出有糖尿病。译典通He was a thinnish fellow, somewhere in his forties. 他瘦瘦的，大约四十多岁。译典通He worked at the Secretariat of the United Nations for forty years.他在联合国秘书处干了四十年。剑桥国际He worked on the railway(s)/was a railway worker (= worked for the system of transport using trains) for forty years.他在铁路上工作了/当铁路工人当了四十年。剑桥国际Her grandmother was a slave who was freed (=became no longer legally owned by another person) in her forties.她祖母是个奴隶，在四十多岁时获得自由。剑桥国际Her son is well past forty. 她儿子已四十好几岁了。译典通I'd never have known she was in her forties--she looks so young.我从不知道她已经四十多岁了----她看上去那么年轻。剑桥国际In spite of unification the country was still faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.尽管统一了，国家仍面临着克服四十年的分歧这一问题，前景令人生畏。剑桥国际Our boat's a forty-footer (=is of this number of FEET in length).我们的船有四十英尺长。剑桥国际Our group was / came fortieth.我们组在/排第四十位。剑桥国际People over 40 years old probably have glaucoma without knowing it. 超过四十岁的人都可能有青光眼而不自知。译典通She blames her country's economic collapse on forty years of misrule.她把她的国家的经济崩溃归咎于四十年的治理不当。剑桥国际She could be anything (=any age) between 30 and 40.她年龄大约在三、四十岁之间。剑桥国际She is close on forty. 她已年将四十。译典通That coat cost me forty bob in 1956.那件外套在1956年花了我四十先令。剑桥国际The 40-hour week is unlikely to be reinstated.每周工作四十小时的制度是不大可能恢复的。牛津商务The biography covers a thespian career which spanned four decades.这本传记记述了长达四十年的戏剧生涯。剑桥国际The film spreads over a large swathe of time, but concentrates mainly on the late 1940s.这部电影的时间跨度很大，但主要情节集中发生在本世纪四十年代后期。剑桥国际The film successfully recaptures the joyful style of the 1940s Hollywood musical.影片成功地再现了本世纪四十年代好莱坞音乐片的欢快风格。剑桥国际The jazz you hear these days just doesn't swing as much as the big bands of the 1930s and 40s.你现在听到的爵士乐远没有三十和四十年代大乐队演奏的那种强劲节奏。剑桥国际The roof of the house pitched at a 45 degrees angle. 屋顶倾斜四十五度。译典通The runners reached the halfway mark in the race after 49 seconds. 比赛四十九秒钟后赛跑选手抵达了中点。译典通The solar system was formed 4.5 billion years ago. 太阳系是四十五亿年前形成的。译典通The speedometer indication was 45 miles. 速度计读数是四十五英里。译典通The temperature is expected to be in the forties tomorrow.明天温度可能达四十几度。剑桥国际The temperature ranges between 30 and 40 degrees centigrade. 温度在摄氏三十度与四十度之间。译典通The wind will gust up to 40 miles an hour. 阵风劲吹，时速将达每小时四十英里。译典通Their customers are mainly upwardly mobile people in their thirties and forties.他们的顾客主要是三、四十岁且社会地位呈上升趋势的人。牛津商务They have signed a four billion euro contract to process nuclear waste.他们已签署价值四十亿欧元的处理核废料合同。牛津商务 |
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