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

• 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。
• 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。
• I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
  我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。
• Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.
  高达40%的学生签证均已过期。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。