Dave and I go back twenty years.

我和戴夫相识有二十年了。

Twenty-eight is divisible by seven.

二十八可以被七整除。

He joined the force twenty years ago.

他二十年前加入了警队。

So that's twenty of each sort, right?

那么，每一种都是二十个，对不对？

It's twenty years since I've seen her.

我已经二十年没见她了。

She kept a diary for over twenty years.

她记了二十多年的日记。

I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.

我等了二十分钟。

We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre.

我们换轮胎耽误了二十分钟。

There were fewer than twenty people there.

那里有不到二十个人。

We've been here twenty years, near enough.

我们在这里待了差不多二十年了。

These laws are in effect in twenty states.

这些法律在二十个州有效。

Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate.

鲸用二十四小时来交配。

They met again after a gap of twenty years.

他们阔别二十年后又见面了。

He's working maybe twenty-five hours a week.

他一星期大约工作二十五个小时。

The factory fell into disuse twenty years ago.

这个工厂二十年前就废弃了。

I was twenty years old and ready for anything.

我当时二十岁，什么都愿意去做。

Could you run off twenty copies of the agenda?

你给我复印二十份会议议程好吗？

Twenty guests are enough, I would have thought.

我觉得二十位客人就够了。

The company publishes twenty new titles a year.

这家公司一年出版二十种新书。

We have lived in the same house for twenty years.

我们在同一座房子里住了二十年了。

Mix the batter and let it stand for twenty minutes.

搅好面糊以后，放上二十分钟。

He finally won his freedom after twenty years in jail.

他蹲了二十年监狱以后终于获得了自由。

Four bottles of wine won't go far among twenty people.

四瓶酒不够二十人喝。

Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell.

二十多名囚犯被塞在一间黑暗狭小的牢房里。

The remaining twenty patients were transferred to another hospital.

其余的二十名病人被转送到另一家医院去了。

He was jailed for twenty years.

他被监禁了20年。

He's on duty twenty-four seven.

他不分昼夜地天天上班。

I was twenty-two – no, twenty-one.

我那时22岁。—噢不，21岁。

Can you break a twenty-dollar bill?

可以给我找二十元的钞票吗？

The Liberals hold twenty-three seats.

自由党拥有23个席位。