forty + plural noun
forty 作数词修饰可数名词时,后面的名词一般用复数形式。
She bought forty apples at the market.
她在市场上买了四十个苹果。
堡垒般的;具有堡垒特征的;类似或具有堡垒特征。;四十的,比三十多十
being ten more than thirty; equal to 40
类似或具有堡垒特征。
Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
四十的,比三十多十
being ten more than thirty
The bus can carry forty passengers at a time.
这辆公交车一次能载四十名乘客。
用法提示:forty 作形容词(数词),修饰 passengers,表示“四十(名)”。
She invited forty friends to her birthday party.
她邀请了四十位朋友参加她的生日聚会。
用法提示:forty 作形容词(数词),修饰 friends,表示“四十(位)”。
Our teacher gave us forty minutes to finish the test.
老师给了我们四十分钟完成这场考试。
用法提示:forty 作形容词(数词),修饰 minutes,表示“四十(分钟)”。
forty 作数词修饰可数名词时,后面的名词一般用复数形式。
She bought forty apples at the market.
她在市场上买了四十个苹果。
表示年龄时常用“数字 + years old”,其中 years old 在口语中也可省略。
My brother is forty years old this year.
我哥哥今年四十岁。
百分数短语作主语时,谓语动词的单复数取决于 of 后面的名词。
Forty percent of the workers voted yes.
百分之四十的工人投了赞成票。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are fourty students in our class.
正确表达There are forty students in our class.
forty 的标准拼写没有 u,不能照 four 的拼写类推写成 fourty;这里是受 four 影响而产生的拼写错误,只需把 fourty 改成 forty。
grammar · medium
易错句子My uncle is in his forty.
正确表达My uncle is in his forties.
表示“四十多岁、四十年代”这类概数或年代时要用复数 forties(in one's forties);单数 forty 只表示确切的数目 40,不能这样用。
grammar · medium
易错句子My mother has forty years old.
正确表达My mother is forty years old.
英语中表达年龄用 be 动词加数字加 years old,不用 have;汉语“我妈妈有四十岁”的“有”不能直译成 have。
打盹;小睡
He usually takes forty winks after lunch.
他通常在午饭后小睡一会儿。
每周四十小时工作制
The union negotiated a forty-hour week for all employees.
工会为所有员工争取到了每周四十小时工作制。
百分之四十
Forty percent of the students come from rural areas.
百分之四十的学生来自农村地区。
人生从四十岁开始
She started a new career at 42, proving that life begins at forty.
她42岁开始新职业,证明了人生从四十岁开始。
四十年
They have been friends for forty years.
他们做了四十年的朋友。
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