forty

He thought I was nearly forty, but I soon put the record straight.

他认为我已近40岁了, 但我及时对此作了更正.

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。

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。

Life begins at forty.

[谚]人生始于四十.

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。

He looked backward ( s ) forty years.

他回顾到四十年前.

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。

With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here.

加上风寒指数, 气温接近零下40度.

The ferry hikeed the fare to forty cents.

船费涨到40美分.

We catered for forty but only twenty came.

我们准备了40客饭菜,但只来了20个人.

Forty is a whole number.

40是个整数.

I don't know the exact number of people who have been invited but off the top of my head I should think there will be about forty.

我不知道被邀请者的确切人数,但不用思索,我认为会有40人左右.

I'll feel much better when I've had forty winks.

我打个盹就会感到好得多。

She is forty or thereabout ( s ).

她四十岁 上下.

Forty years have passed away since they met.

他们相识至今已40年了.

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。”

Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.

高达40%的学生签证均已过期。

He's forty but looks much younger.

他长得后生,看不出是40岁的人.

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。

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。

The winning car reached a speed of forty miles —— much faster than any of its rivals.

获胜的那辆车的时速达到40英里——比它的任何竞争者要快得多.

We catch for forty but only twenty came.

我们准备了40个客人的饭菜,但只来了20个人.

She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.

四十岁以后她有点发胖了.

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。

It only takes forty seconds.

只需40秒。