Life begins at forty .

[谚]人生始于四十。

"Before the fight started, I’d counted over forty ," replied Wang Chin-chen, drawing a muffled sigh and shooting a glance at Kuei Chang-lin

“打架前头我点过，四十多个。”王金贞回答，闷闷地吐一口气，又瞥了桂长林一眼。

Forty sweaters in two weeks?

“两个星期40件?

"Six times seven makes forty-two," said the Thenardier

“六七四十二,”德纳第妈妈说。

’Anyone under forty-five is perfectly capable of touching his toes

“只要不超过四十五岁，全能碰到脚趾。

The flood continued upon the earth for forty days, and the waters swelled and lifted up the ark so that it rose high above the ground

……洪水泛滥了四十天，大水涨起来把方舟托起，高高地升离地面之上。

It was in 1862 that, in spite of the Southern Members of Congress, who wished a more southerly route, it was decided to lay the road between the forty-first and forty-second parallels

1862年，尽管有南方的议员反对，结果还是选定了在北纬四十一度和四十二度之间的地区修了这条铁路。

Forty-five dollars. That includes full breakfast, of course.

45美元。这当然包括全套早餐。

Forty-eight hours later, they suddenly vacated their offices

48小时以后，他们突然从各自的办公室搬了出去。

Six times eight equals forty-eight.

6 乘以8 等于48。

that they were divided into two classes: the big barns which belong to the rich, and where there are forty or fifty cows which produce from seven to eight thousand cheeses each summer, and the associated fruiterer, which belong to the poor

厂分两种，‘大仓’是富人的，里面有四十或五十头母牛，每个夏季可以产七千到八千个酪饼

With some thirty or forty of these replies, Ch’u Shen-ming had awed innumerable people.One wealthy, talent-loving official spent ten thousand ounces of gold to send him abroad

褚慎明靠着三四十封这类回信，吓倒了无数人，有位爱才的阔官僚花一万金送他出洋。

Forty miles apart,as the stork flies,stand the great cities of Osaka and Kyoto.

大阪与京都两大城市的直线距离为40英里。

In about forty minutes. We’re a little late.

大概四十分钟，我们稍为慢些。

However, policy makers, military strategists, and economic prognosticators had not imagined or planned for a global landscape without the Free World/Soviet rivalry of the previous forty years

但是，决策者、军事战略家和经济预言家们从未想过不存在过去40年自由世界与苏联对抗的全球格局，或为之做出规划。

When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,they were not taken seriously.

当有关在伦敦南面四十五英里处看到一只美洲狮的报告送到伦敦动物园时，这些报告没有受到重视。

I shall be forty on my next birthday.

到下次生日，我就满四十岁。

The ferry hiked the fare to forty cents.

渡口将票价提到40美分。

As for her husband, he was a strapping fellow of forty , or five and forty, who had more than once, in time of danger, given ample proof of his presence of mind and courage."

而她的丈夫，倒是一个很壮实的汉子，年约四十至四十五岁，他曾在危险中充分证明了他很有头脑和勇气，而且不止一次。”

In reality, "these two or three millions" were reducible, as we have said, to six hundred and thirty or forty thousand francs

而实际上，我们已经说过，那“两三百万”已经渐渐减到六十三四万了。

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty , the judgment

二十岁的时候，主导是意志

The invoice shows forty-five units, but we received only forty .

发票上写的是45台,但我们只收到40台.

By the time Harold was forty ,he realized that he had got into a rut.

哈罗德上了40岁时，意识到自己是墨守成规。

It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a metre wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black moustache and ruggedly handsome features

海报上一张大脸盘，足有一米宽:一个汉子，四十五岁上下，胡髭浓黑，长相粗犷又英俊。

a cousin forty times removed

很远的本家[亲戚]

Could afford up to forty-five Bucks a throw to wax sentimental over their heritage

花四十五元获得享受传统文化熏陶的机会

An additional 12 percent have some occupation outside agriculture; for men between the ages of thirty-five and forty-five, the figure is 20 percent

还有12%从事农业以外的工作;35―45岁之间的男子占20%。

Keith Joseph stressed that MacGregor was the best of forty-five candidates for the job

基思?约瑟夫辩解说，麦格雷戈是四十五个候选人中最合适的一个。

International Conference of the Forty-second Anniversary of the World Conference for a Nuclearfree World

纪念建立无核世界世界会议四十二周年国际会议

She is forty or thereabout(s.

她四十岁上下。

by forty

[美口]非常厉害地

as forty

[美口]非常厉害地

like forty

[美口]非常厉害地

forty-five

n.1. 四十五(个),2. 4.5口径的手枪(或写成0.45),3. 每分钟四十五转的密纹唱片

forty five

n.每分钟45次转速的唱片

forty fold

n.四十倍的

forty leven

adj.许多的,数不清的

forty winks

n.小睡

forty-niner

n.1. (美国)1849年争往加利福尼亚州淘金的人

forty eightmo

n.四十八开本

forty cubic feet

n.容积吨

forty to the dozen

[俚]滔滔不绝地(说)

forty-four repeater

四四增音器

forty equivalent unit

40英尺标准集装箱(FEU)

forty equivalent unit 40

英尺(国际标准)集装箱

forty four type repeater

44型中继器

forty foot equivalent unit

40英尺标准集装箱

Will never see forty again

[口]已经三十岁(四十岁, 五十岁...)出头了, 已过了三十岁(四十岁, 五十岁...)

forty-foot equivalent unit40

英尺型集装箱，40英尺集装箱换算单位

forty feet standard container

n.四十英尺标准集装箱