The law was held in abeyance for well over twenty years.

这项法律被搁置了多年。

The lake is twenty miles in circumference.

这湖周围哩。

There were twenty passengers in the bus.

公共汽车上有20名乘客。

We went twenty kilometers inland, up the river.

我们沿着河向上游走了20公里。

I should suppose him to be about twenty.

我猜他是岁左右。

After a quietus of twenty years she returned.

她隐年后又东山再起。

The king had four wives and twenty concubines.

这个国王有四个妻子和个妃子。

The road has a width of twenty feet.

那条路的宽度有20英尺。

She has conducted on London buses for twenty years.

她在敦公共汽车上担任了年的售票员。

The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.

这个校园占地平方公里。

He was twenty dollars in pocket by the transaction.

他在这笔生了20美元。

Each passenger is allowed twenty -five kilogrammes of luggage.

每位旅客允许携带五公斤的行李。

The foreman here is in charge of twenty workmen.

这儿的领班负责20个工人。

Our team has a commanding lead of forty to twenty.

我们队以40比20的比分遥遥领先。

The surgeons have been working for twenty hous without letup.

那些外科医师一连工作了小时没有停止。

Ewing keyed a 73–35 advantage on the boards with twenty rebounds.

埃文以20个篮板球成为保持73比35优势的关键因素。

He spoke solidly for twenty minutes, barely pausing to draw breath.

他足足讲了20分钟，几乎都没有停下来喘一口气。

The food and drinks were insufficient for the needs of twenty lads.

食物和饮料不够个小伙子吃。

Step off twenty feet and then place a marker in the ground.

先步测20英尺, 再在地上做出标记。

It was surprising that he finished writing a novel in only twenty days.

他在天内写完了一本小说, 真令人吃惊。