It only takes forty seconds.

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。

She was somewhat inclined to fat after forty.

四十岁以后她有点发胖了.

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.

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.

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。

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。

He's forty but looks much younger.

他长得后生,看不出是40岁的人.

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

高达40%的学生签证均已过期。

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。”

Forty years have passed away since they met.

他们相识至今已40年了.

She is forty or thereabout ( s ).

她四十岁 上下.

I could use forty winks before I have to get to work.

上班之前我可以打个盹儿.

I need forty winks and I'll be able to work all night.

我要先打个盹儿,这样就能通宵工作了.

I'm going to try to catch forty winks before I have to go.

在不得不出门之前,我要尽量小睡一会儿.

I managed to get forty winks after lunch.

我吃过午饭设法小睡了一会儿.

I'm just going to take forty winks before I go out later this evening.

我今晚出去前很想打个盹.

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

我打个盹就会感到好得多。

She lay down on the sofa for forty winks.

她在沙发上躺下,打个盹儿.

She'll just catch forty winks before getting ready for the party.

聚会就绪前她先打个盹儿.

I want to catch forty winks before the guests arrive.

我想在客人到达之前,先打个盹儿.