adj.大約四十歲的；年近四十歲的

He is a fortyish man with pleasing personality. 他是位四十歲左右的男子，擁有令人快樂的個(gè)性。

May (fortyish, trim beard, ex-physicist) holds up a $9.95 digital audio tape, or DAT. 梅（四十幾歲，修剪整齊的胡子，前物理學(xué)家）手里拿著一盤售價(jià)9.

It was lunchtime and the only officer on duty was a fortyish black man with short, pressed hair, a pencil mustache, and a neatly pressed brown suit. 當(dāng)時(shí)是午飯時(shí)間，唯一值班的職員是個(gè)四十來歲的黑人男子，頭發(fā)又短又平，上唇的胡子像鉛筆一樣直，一身棕色套裝熨得筆挺。

and the third was a fortyish military man wearing the uniform of a high-ranking officer. 第三人是個(gè)軍官，穿戴總兵服色，約莫四十來歲。