中国古代的思想家、教育家孔子说过，“四十而不惑”。
Confucius, an ancient philosopher and educator of China, once said, "At the age of 40, one has no doubts about the world."
子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。”
The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven."
总之，战士与战士之间只有年龄的差别，种族相同，同是一些百折不回的人，有的二十岁为理想而死，有的四十岁为家庭而亡。
After all, between the combatants, there was only a difference of age; the race is the same; it is the same stoical men who died at the age of twenty for their ideas, at forty for their families.
如此的消息令人鼓舞，给成千上万四十岁左右的妇女带来了不小的安慰，她们原以为自己生育已经太晚而苦恼心碎。
Such heartening news will, of course, offer little consolation to the thousands of fortysomething women who face the agony and heartbreak of discovering they may have left it too late.
县里的人不可能仅仅为了一个选举而驾车三四十英里蜿蜒的山路来投票。
There was no way people living out in the country would drive thirty or forty miles over winding roads to vote in just one race.
去年的赢家是默克尔，随后是美国联邦存款保险公司的希拉·贝尔，而奥巴马名列四十。
Last year's winner was Merkel, followed by Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Obama ranked No. 40.
在四十多封信件(这些信件大多数从未公布)中，她为自己正在承受的“冷漠”、“黑暗”、“孤独”、“折磨”而悲叹。
In more than 40 communications, many of which have never before been published, she bemoans the "dryness," "darkness," "loneliness" and "torture" she is undergoing.
新型60瓦LED灯泡售价为四十多美元，而普通灯泡的价格仅为一美元左右。
The newest LED equivalent to a 60-watt bulb costs more than $40, compared with around $1 for a regular bulb.
麦肯锡指出，在过去的四十年中，美国医疗保健支出年均增长接近4.9%，而人均gdp的增长率只有2.1%。
McKinsey points out that American spending on this has grown at an annual lick of 4.9% over the past 40 years, whereas GDP per person has grown by just 2.1%.
当我将近四十岁之时(被认为是中年而每个人似乎都很乐意叫你太太的时候)，我需要那种冒险的精神再度回到我的身上。
As I near 40 (when you're considered middle-aged and everyone seems to gleefully call you ma 'am), I need some of that adventurous mojo back.
四十年前阿曼是中东最落后的国家之一，当时铺设路面的道路仅有几十英里，而内地则由全副武装的部族所控制，外人难以进入。
Forty years ago, Oman was one of the Middle East's most backward countries, with fewer than a dozen miles of paved roads and a nearly impenetrable interior populated by heavily armed, warring tribes.
今天是计算机科学历史上非常重要的一天—为纪念人类迄今而止最著名的技术发布四十周年。
Today is a very important day in the annals of computer science. It's the anniversary of the most famous technology demo ever given.
纳萨尔主义已有超过四十年的历史，而印度最近的经济快速增长，集中在城市、西部和南部地区，这将导致新的不满。
Naxalism is already more than four decades old, and India's recent rapid economic growth, concentrated in urban, western and southern areas, is spawning new grievances to sustain it.
中文报纸《天天日报》昨日结业。 天天经营四十年，因竞争激烈和经济拮据而结业。
Chinese-language newspaper Tin Tin Daily News closed yesterday after four decades of publishing， blaming fierce competition and a flagging economy.
很多年龄在三四十岁、事业处于上升期的年轻夫妇及家庭肯定会舍维也纳而选择世界上的其他地方。
Certainly, many young, upwardly mobile professional couples and families in their thirties and forties bypass Vienna for other parts of the world.
威灵顿只有一百五十九尊火器，而拿破仑有二百四十尊。
Wellington had only one hundred and fifty-nine mouths of fire; Napoleon had two hundred and forty.
四十岁的人可能已在世上有所建树，而不是才庆祝成年。
By then a man might be expected to have made his mark in the world, rather than be celebrating his coming-of-age.
而时隔四十年后，我们吃的一餐饭却再也没了当初的精彩：我们点了一篮子新鲜蔬菜，接着是蜗牛，还有是兔血做的酱汁兔肉，但没有点飞禽菜。
Our own meal, some 40 years later, was somewhat less dramatic; we ate a basket of fresh vegetables, then snails and rabbit in blood sauce, but left the birds alone.
过去四十年来，非洲新增灌溉面积仅为400万公顷，而同期中国和印度的新增面积分别为2500万公顷和3200万公顷。
Over the last 40 years, only 4 million hectares of new irrigation have been developed, compared to 25 and 32 million hectares for China and India respectively.
而如今，休斯顿的犯罪率降至近四十年来的最低点。
However, crime in Houston is at its lowest level in almost 40 years.
上个月参议院挡下了一个提议要成立跨党派的委员会来削减赤字，赞成的有五十三票而反对的有四十六票，没能达到超级多数。
Last month the Senate blocked a proposal for a bipartisan commission on deficit reduction: the yeas outnumbered the nays by 53 to 46, but failed to reach a supermajority.
该地区地质状况已经被充分了解，而一部分新船闸的挖掘工作早在二十世纪四十年代就由美国人完成了（这一努力后来中断了）。
The geology is well-understood, and some of the excavation for the new locks was done in an aborted American effort in the 1940s.
今年三月时皮尤研究所估计有一千一百九十万人生活在美国而没有任何身份证件，这已低于了2007年的一千二百四十万。
In March this year an estimated 11.9m people were thought to be living in America without papers, down from 12.4m in 2007, according to the Pew Hispanic Centre.
Wainwright说：十年前需要四十到四十五个熟练工程师才能制作一个网站，而现在只要三个人就行了。
Wainwright says three people can now do the work of creating a site that took 40 to 45 highly skilled engineers a decade ago.
我们刚好错过公车了，而下一班车还要四十五分钟才会来。
We've just now missed the bus, and the next one won't come for another 45 minutes。
而一亿零四百三十万美元的价格是2008年5月于纽约佳士得拍卖行以二千七百四十万美元成交的贾科梅蒂1959-60的作品《站立的女士II》的三倍还要多。
The $104.3 million was more than three times the record for a Giacometti, which was set at Christie’s New York in May 2008 when “Standing Woman II” from 1959-60 sold for $27.4 million.
而一亿零四百三十万美元的价格是2008年5月于纽约佳士得拍卖行以二千七百四十万美元成交的贾科梅蒂1959-60的作品《站立的女士II》的三倍还要多。
The $104.3 million was more than three times the record for a Giacometti, which was set at Christie’s New York in May 2008 when “Standing Woman II” from 1959-60 sold for $27.4 million.
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