四十

• Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun .
  四十二年后，隧道真的动工了。
• I should say she is over forty .
  我说她有四十多岁了。
• They managed to squash forty people into the bus .
  那辆公共汽车好不容易塞进了四十个人。
• After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry .
  他禁食四十昼夜，后来就饿了。
• Five men in a twin-forty mount had been hit .
  双管四十毫米火炮装置上的五名炮手被打中了。
• For 40 years this device underwent constant improvement .
  四十年来，这个器件不断得到改进。
• My car uses one gallon of petrol to travel 40 miles .
  我的汽车每耗一加仑油可行驶四十英里。
• This is one of those forty-eight hours wonders .
  这是那类只有四十八小时寿命的奇谈怪论之一。
• I went about 40 feet before coming to a dead end .
  我走了大约四十英尺便到了没有出路的尽头。
• I lost forty-seven pounds by being honest this morning .
  今天早上就因为忠厚我损失了四十七镑。