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- n．四十分之一：表示一个整体被分成四十等份中的一份。
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Greece is struggling to raise funds, but so is California, which accounts for a far bigger share of America's output (one-eighth) than Greece does of the euro zone's (a bit more than one-fortieth). 希腊正竭力筹集资金，但加利福尼亚也是如此。加州经济占美国的比例(八分之一)远超过希腊占欧元区的比例(略多于四十分之一)。 - 2
But now that his fortieth birthday had passed, he was down to this one male friend, sort of like a hotel lobby at two in the morning, where a lone guest sits bent low over a cup of coffee. 过了四十岁，男人中，就剩下这一个，像凌晨两点的酒店大堂，偶尔有一个人坐在那里，低头喝咖啡。 - 3
A century is a long time, but of China's more than four thousand years of history it is but a small fraction, less than one fortieth. 一个世纪是相当长的一段时间，但是在四千多年的中国历史里，却只是短暂的一个片段，几乎不到四十分之一。
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