| 单词 | forty |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔-lined〕Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line.执政的保守党有40名党员倒戈，投票反对政府的方针。柯林斯高阶〔AGE〕McClelland recently turned forty. 麦克莱兰最近刚满40岁。朗文写作活用〔APPROVE〕Forty percent of registered voters approved of Senator Campbell. 40%的登记选民都认同坎贝尔参议员。朗文写作活用〔ARRIVE〕Finally the bus pulled in, forty minutes late. 公共汽车终于到站了，迟到了40分钟。朗文写作活用〔BECOME〕I'd been waiting for forty minutes and I was beginning to grow uneasy. 我已经等了40分钟，心里开始变得不安起来。朗文写作活用〔BIG〕The bell is massive, weighing over forty tons. 这口钟非常大，重量超过40吨。朗文写作活用〔BIG〕This microscope can magnify an object up to forty times. 这台显微镜可将物体放大至40倍。朗文写作活用〔CHANCE〕Protesters accused the military of arbitrarily arresting Pereira and forty others. 抗议者指责军方随意逮捕佩雷拉以及其他40人。朗文写作活用〔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〔CONTINUE〕Victor talked for forty minutes without a break. 维克托滔滔不绝地谈了40分钟。朗文写作活用〔COUNT/CALCULATE〕I made enough food for forty people but it looks like I overestimated. 我准备了足够40人吃的饭，但是看样子我估计过高了。朗文写作活用〔DIFFICULT〕When I first started teaching I was really thrown in at the deep end -- I had a class of forty six-year-olds all on my own. 我刚刚开始教书时就碰上了叫我头疼的事——我独个儿要带一个有40名6岁孩子的班级。朗文写作活用〔HOUSE〕They want to build forty luxury homes on a disused railway site. 他们想在弃置不用的铁路旧址上建造40幢豪华住宅。朗文写作活用〔INVITE〕The police want to trace everyone who was at the party, including about forty gatecrashers. 警察要追查所有参加聚会的人，包括约40名不速之客。朗文写作活用〔LIMIT〕Forty is the maximum number of passengers this bus is allowed to carry. 这辆公共汽车限载40名乘客。朗文写作活用〔MOTHER〕I think I can make my own decisions, Mother - I'm forty now you know! 我想我会自己作决定，母亲。我现在40岁了！朗文写作活用〔POWER/POWERFUL〕When Olson took office in January 1939, he was the state's first Democratic governor in forty years. 1939年1月，奥尔森就职，他是40年来该州第一位民主党人州长。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〔SAY〕After nearly forty years’ membership, the Communist party declared him a traitor. 他入党近四十年以后，该党宣布他是叛徒。朗文写作活用〔SPEND MONEY OR TIME|花钱/时间〕When I'm preparing for a tournament I put in thirty or forty hours of training a week. 我在准备锦标赛的时候，一个星期要花30到40个小时来训练。朗文写作活用〔THINK〕As late as the age of forty, I toyed with the idea of going back to college. 40岁那么大的年纪时，我稍稍有过回到大学去念书的想法。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〔WORK FOR SB〕Mr Vickers has been with the firm for forty years, and is their longest-serving member of staff. 维克斯先生在这家公司干了40年，是服务时间最长的员工。朗文写作活用〔abide〕He abided in the wilderness for forty days.他在荒野中度过了40天。剑桥高阶〔about〕In my local health centre there's about forty parking spaces.我们本地的保健中心约有40个停车位。柯林斯高阶〔abroad〕There were rumours abroad that they were negotiating to buy forty missiles.到处都有传言说他们正在谈判, 要买40枚导弹。外研社新世纪〔according to〕The road was forty kilometres long according to my map.我的地图显示, 这条路有40公里长。外研社新世纪〔age〕He was barely forty but gave an impression of age.他还只40岁,可是已显老了。英汉大词典〔age〕I'm forty years of age.我40岁。英汉大词典〔all〕The score was forty all.积分各得40分。文馨英汉〔all〕The score was even at forty all.双方各得40分,打成平局。英汉大词典〔armoured〕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。柯林斯高阶〔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〔barricade〕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。柯林斯高阶〔below〕She is not much below [under] forty.她（的年龄）差一点就四十岁了。文馨英汉〔born〕Forty lambs were born this spring.今年春天有 40 只小羊羔出生。朗文当代〔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〔celebration〕They held a celebration to mark forty years of the service.他们举行了设立该服务 40 周年的庆祝活动。牛津搭配〔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〔chequered〕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。柯林斯高阶〔child〕She didn't have her first child until she was nearly forty.她快到 40 岁才生了第一个孩子。牛津搭配〔chill〕With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here.加上风寒指数，这里的气温接近零下 40 度。牛津搭配〔clock〕His countdown clock reads forty seconds.他的倒计时器显示还剩下 40 秒。牛津搭配〔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〔conduct〕She conducted an orchestra of forty instruments.她在一个拥有40种乐器的管弦乐队里当指挥。21世纪英汉〔dimly〕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。柯林斯高阶〔distanced〕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。柯林斯高阶〔down〕I got it for forty dollars down and the rest over sixteen months.买这东西我现付40美元,余款在16个月间付清。英汉大词典〔each〕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。柯林斯高阶〔event〕Forty such events are scheduled this year.今年安排了 40 项这样的活动。牛津搭配〔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〔exhibit〕There are forty gigantic works on exhibit.展会上展出了 40 件巨作。牛津搭配〔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〔follow〕My father's followed the same football team for forty years.我父亲关注同一支足球队已有40年。麦克米伦高阶〔forty winks〕He usually has forty winks going home on the train.他在返家的火车上通常要小睡一会儿。剑桥高阶〔forty winks〕I felt a lot better after I had forty winks.打了个盹我感觉好多了。朗文当代〔forty winks〕I had time to catch forty winks before the flight.飞机起飞前，我有点时间打了个盹儿。韦氏高阶〔forty winks〕I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks.我打个盹就会感到好得多。牛津高阶〔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 looks about forty.他看上去40岁上下。剑桥高阶〔forty〕She will be forty next birthday.她下个生日就四十岁了。外研社新世纪〔forty〕There were forty students in the class.班里有四十个学生。外研社新世纪〔gear〕At forty miles an hour you should be in fourth gear.时速40英里的时候，你应该挂4挡。麦克米伦高阶〔go〕Forty percent of his income goes on rent.他收入的40%花在房租上。英汉大词典〔grey〕He went grey before he was forty.不到 40 岁时他的头发就花白了。牛津搭配〔ground〕Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground.四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。柯林斯高阶〔guess〕At a guess, there were forty people at the party.估计有四十人参加了聚会。牛津高阶〔hair〕He had turned forty and was beginning to lose his hair.他年过 40，已经开始脱发了。牛津搭配〔halfway〕That woman looks halfway to forty.那个妇女看上去近40岁。英汉大词典〔halfway〕That woman looks halfway to forty.那妇女看上去近四十岁。文馨英汉〔handout〕He's forty and still living on handouts from his parents.他已经40岁了，还在靠父母接济过日子。麦克米伦高阶〔happily〕Joe and Irene are still happily married after forty years.结婚40年了, 乔和艾琳仍然过得很幸福。外研社新世纪〔heavy〕He was a big man of about forty, wide-shouldered and heavily built.他是个40岁左右的高大男子，肩宽体壮。柯林斯高阶〔hit〕She hits forty this year and we're planning a big party.她今年就40岁了，所以我们正在筹划一个大型的聚会。麦克米伦高阶〔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〕He was already into me for nearer to forty.他欠我的差不多已有40元了。英汉大词典〔joke〕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！柯林斯高阶〔joke〕One hundred and forty quid for a pair of headphones. You've got to be joking!140英镑买副耳机, 你是在开玩笑吧！外研社新世纪〔judge〕I judged him to be about forty.我估计他40岁上下。柯林斯高阶〔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〔kittenish〕She was over forty, but still kittenish.她已年过40,却还是忸怩作态,搔首弄姿。英汉大词典〔lesson〕The lessons last forty minutes each.每节课持续四十分钟。外研社新世纪〔lift〕A lift of forty kilos was all the porter could manage.那个搬行李工人一次最多只能搬40公斤。英汉大词典〔light〕In full light, you could see Alison was well over forty.光线充足时，你能看出艾莉森已经四十好几了。牛津搭配〔line〕Each page has forty lines of type.每页排印40行。英汉大词典〔live〕You can't live on forty pounds a week.你靠每周四十英镑没法过活。牛津高阶〔make〕Over this kind of terrain we can't make more than forty miles a day.穿越这种地带时, 我们每天最多走40英里。外研社新世纪〔mal-〕Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition.人口中有40%的人营养不良。柯林斯高阶〔man〕I've lived here, man and boy, for forty years.我从小住在这儿,至今已整整40年了。英汉大词典〔maturity〕It takes roughly forty years for the trees to reach maturity.那些树完全长成大约需要40年。麦克米伦高阶〔meander〕For forty miles the river meanders through rich farmlands.这条河蜿蜒流经富饶的农田达40英里。英汉大词典〔midlife crisis〕I went through a midlife crisis about four or five years ago, when I was forty.我大约四五年前经历了中年危机, 那时我40岁。外研社新世纪〔midlife crisis〕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。柯林斯高阶〔mile〕It's forty miles from here to the Polish border.从这儿到波兰边界有 40 英里。朗文当代〔mile〕The town is about forty miles southeast of Budapest.该镇在布达佩斯东南约40英里处。麦克米伦高阶〔mine〕He retired after mining for forty years.在矿山工作了40年后他退休了。英汉大词典〔more〕The Whitewater Committee interviewed more than forty witnesses.“白水事件”调查委员会调查采访了40多位目击者。麦克米伦高阶〔most〕She guessed him to be in his late thirties. Forty at the very most.她猜他有三十七八了，最多四十岁。麦克米伦高阶〔near〕He looked nearer fifty than forty.他看上去更像 50 岁而不是 40 岁。朗文当代〔new〕Fifty is the new forty.四十已过时，五十正时兴。牛津高阶〔nigh〕I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。柯林斯高阶〔nigh〕My youngest son is nigh on forty.我的幼子快40岁了。英汉大词典〔novelist〕A prolific novelist, she wrote more than forty books.她是一个多产的小说家，写了 40 多部小说。牛津搭配〔odd〕It must be odd to go back to your home town after forty years away.离开40年后回到家乡一定感觉很奇怪。剑桥高阶〔old〕I can't believe you're nearly forty years old! 我无法相信你快到 40 岁了！朗文当代〔old〕She's an old forty.她已是40出头。英汉大词典〔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〔outside〕Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.最多给自己留40分钟。柯林斯高阶〔overstay〕Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.高达40%的学生签证均已过期。柯林斯高阶〔parliament〕He sat in Parliament for over forty years.他任议员 40 多年了。牛津搭配〔pass〕Forty years had passed away since they had met.他们相识已有40年了。英汉大词典〔pass〕He's nearly forty, but he could pass for twenty-five.他虽年近40，但可能会被误以为只有25岁。麦克米伦高阶〔penetrate〕Their keen eyes can penetrate the water to a depth of forty feet.他们锐利的眼睛能透过水面看到40英尺的深处。英汉大词典〔period〕Each period lasts forty minutes.每节课40分钟。外研社新世纪〔picket〕Forty demonstrators have set up a twenty-four-hour picket.四十个示威者组织了二十四小时的罢工纠察。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〔planting〕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。柯林斯高阶〔plant〕The plant provides forty per cent of the country's electricity.这个电厂提供全国40%的电力。外研社新世纪〔pleased〕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。柯林斯高阶〔prayer〕She is now forty, and doesn't have a prayer of getting married.她年已40,出嫁已是无望。英汉大词典〔preparation〕The revolution was forty years in preparation.革命酝酿了40年。英汉大词典〔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〔push〕He's pushing forty.他将近40岁了。外研社新世纪〔put down as〕I would put him down as about forty.我认为他大约40岁。外研社新世纪〔put in〕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。柯林斯高阶〔radius〕The shock of the explosion was felt over a radius of forty miles.爆炸引起的剧烈震动在方圆 40 英里内都能感觉得到。朗文当代〔ransom〕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。柯林斯高阶〔rebel〕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。柯林斯高阶〔report〕Between forty and fifty people are reported to have died in the fighting.报道称有40到50人在冲突中丧生。柯林斯高阶〔return〕It was forty five minutes before she returned.过了四十五分钟她才回来。朗文当代〔revolutionize〕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。柯林斯高阶〔round〕Make it a round figure—say forty dollars.凑个整数，就四十块钱吧。牛津高阶〔round〕The tree measures forty inches round.这棵树树围40英寸。英汉大词典〔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〔say〕He is,I'd say,forty.我估计他有40岁。英汉大词典〔second〕It only takes forty seconds.这只用了40秒。外研社新世纪〔several〕Forty people were wounded, several of them seriously.有40人受伤, 其中数人伤势严重。外研社新世纪〔shocked〕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。柯林斯高阶〔shot〕As a shot, I should say she's about forty.我猜她大概40岁。英汉大词典〔show〕She's nearly forty now. And it shows(= it's obvious).她年近四十，一望便知。牛津高阶〔soak up〕Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget.国防消耗掉了预算的40%。外研社新世纪〔soak up〕Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget.国防耗去40%的预算。柯林斯高阶〔somewhere〕He seemed to be somewhere over forty.他看来大约40开外。英汉大词典〔speed〕He drove at a speed of forty miles per hour.他以每小时40英里的速度驾车行驶。英汉大词典〔spread〕The course takes forty hours, spread over twenty weeks.这门课程共需 40 个小时，分 20 周上完。牛津搭配〔still〕She was still beautiful at the age of forty.她到40岁仍然很美。英汉大词典〔stock〕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。柯林斯高阶〔television〕She recalled her first television appearance forty years ago.她回忆起 40 年前初次上电视时的情景。牛津搭配〔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〔threshold〕Fewer than forty per cent voted — the threshold for results to be valid.投票的人不到 40%——投票结果无效。柯林斯高阶〔treble〕The population has nearly trebled in forty years.人口在40年中增加了近两倍。英汉大词典〔turn〕He has not turned forty yet.他还不到40岁。英汉大词典〔turn〕He's just turned forty.他刚满40岁。外研社新世纪〔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〔two-way〕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%以上。外研社新世纪〔two-way〕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。柯林斯高阶〔unaccounted〕Forty people are still unaccounted for after the avalanche.在雪崩后依然有40人下落不明。麦克米伦高阶〔undernourishment〕Forty per cent of children under five in developing countries are short for their age because of undernourishment.在发展中国家，5岁以下的孩子中有40%因为营养不良而身高偏低。柯林斯高阶〔undiminished〕Forty years on, the book's power to shock is undiminished.经过了四十年，这本书的震撼力丝毫未减。朗文当代〔wood〕The wine had had forty years in wood before bottling.这酒在桶内贮藏了40年才装瓶。英汉大词典〔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〔zero〕The temperature was forty below zero.温度是零下40摄氏度。麦克米伦高阶〔zoom〕The price started at forty pounds, then zoomed up to a hundred.该价格开始时是40英镑，后来猛涨到100英镑。麦克米伦高阶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 forty he was at the top (= most important point) of his profession. 40 岁时他就处于事业的顶峰。剑桥国际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Between thirty and forty thousand people die each year from snake bites.每年有3万到4万人因蛇咬而致死。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He abided in the wilderness for forty days.他在荒野中度过了40天。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 made a pile selling computers and retired by the time he was forty.他卖电脑赚了很大一笔钱，40岁的时候就退休了。剑桥国际He usually has forty winks going home on the train.乘火车回家时他常常要打盹。剑桥国际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 son is well past forty. 她儿子已四十好几岁了。译典通I think she gets (= earns) about forty thousand pounds a year.我想她一年可赚4万英镑。剑桥国际I want to catch forty winks before the guests arrive. 我想在客人到达之前，先打个盹儿。译典通Last week forty people in total came to the advice centre, but Thursday was the busiest day with eighteen attending.上星期共有40个人来到了咨询中心，而星期四是最忙的一天，有18个人来。剑桥国际Most of the women there were aged forty or less.这些妇女中大部分是在40岁或40岁以下。剑桥国际Now at forty and with three children, she still, sometimes, recalls her calf love at the age of 14. 如今她四十岁了，有三个孩子，但她仍然时常想起自己十四岁时的初恋。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 earns around forty thousand a year.她每年约可挣4万左右。剑桥国际She is close on forty. 她已年将四十。译典通She swims forty lengths a day.她一天要游20个来回。剑桥国际She was a successful banker (= someone with an important position in a bank) by the time she was forty.她40岁时已成为一名成功的银行家。剑桥国际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 local postmistress is retiring after forty years.本地的女邮政局长干了40年后要退休了。剑桥国际The quarterback attempted a comeback at age forty. 那位足球四分后卫试图在四十岁时重回运动场。译典通The refugees were at sea (= in a boat on the sea a long way from land) for forty days before reaching land.逃难者在海上航行了四十天才到达陆地。剑桥国际The report notes that forty per cent of lawyers entering the profession are women.这份报告表明就业律师中有40%是妇女。剑桥国际When I was pregnant with my third child I was offered an amniocentesis (test) because I was forty.当我怀着第三个孩子时，我被施以羊膜穿刺术(检测)，因为我当时已40岁了。剑桥国际 |
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