父亲当了四十年的教师，如今不做了，就一直感到无所适从。用英语怎么说？

父亲当了四十年的教师，如今不做了，就一直感到无所适从。

Father worked as a teacher for almost 40 years, and has been disorientated since he stopped working.

father

n. 父亲，祖先，（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父，天父；vt. 成为父亲，创立（新思想），创造，发明（新方法）；

例句
Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven.
珍妮特从11岁起就遭受父亲虐待。

worked

adj. 处理过的，作装饰用的；v. （使）工作( work的过去式和过去分词 )，（使）运作，运转，（使）产生效果；

例句
The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions.
在这些工厂里做工的妇女们开始抗议要求改善工作条件。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

teacher

n. 教师，教员，老师，先生，[航]教练机；

例句
He was now a teacher and a respectable member of the community.
他现在是一位教师，并且是社区内受人尊敬的一员。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

almost

adv. 几乎，差不多，将近，快要，近乎；

例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

years

n. 年( year的名词复数 )，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him...
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

been

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去分词 ），在，存在，不受干扰，去过了，be的过去分词；

例句
Have you been able to have any kind of contact?...
你联系上了吗？

disorientated

v. 使迷失方向( disorientate的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
They were disorientated by the smoke and were firing blindly into it.
他们在烟雾中迷失了方向，向里面胡乱射击了一通。

since

prep. 从…以来，自从…之后，自从；adv. 以后，此后，后来，（距今几年）以前，（从那时候起几年）以前；conj. 自从…以来，自从…的时候起，既然，因为；

例句
Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven.
珍妮特从11岁起就遭受父亲虐待。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

stopped

v. 停止( stop的过去式和过去分词 )，中断，逗留，（使）停止工作；

例句
He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight...
他停下脚步试着让眼睛适应微弱的星光。

working

adj. （涉及）工作的，（人）有工作的，（时间）用于工作上的，（想法等）可作为基础的；v. （使）工作( work的现在分词)，（使）运作，运转，（使）产生效果；n. 工作，活动，制作，操纵；

例句
The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
工人们最近一直在呼吁缩短工作时间。许多公司于是转成了一周五天工作制。