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

• 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。
• Give yourself forty minutes at the outside.
  最多给自己留40分钟。
• 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。
• 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。
• I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
  我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。