1 FRACTION 半;二分之一 Half of an amount or object is one of two equal parts that together make up the whole number, amount, or object.
半;二分之一 -
They need an extra two and a half thousand pounds to complete the project.
他们还需要2,500英镑才能完成该项目。
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More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000. [+ of]
半数以上的家庭申报收入超过35,000英镑。
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Cut the tomatoes in half vertically.
把番茄竖着切成两半。
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The bridge was rebuilt in two halves.
该桥被分成两部分进行重建。
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The tough market would lead to 400 jobs being cut in the first half of this year.
市场形势严峻,将导致今年上半年400个职位的削减。
Half is also a predeterminer.
Half is also an adjective.
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...£.75 for a half chicken tandoori.
半只唐杜里无皮鸡的价格为0.75英镑
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...a half measure of fresh lemon juice.
半份鲜榨柠檬汁
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Steve barely said a handful of words during the first half hour.
史蒂夫在前半小时里没说几句话。
2 ADV [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB before verb] 部分地;在某种程度上;有点 You use
half to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent.
部分地;在某种程度上;有点 -
His eyes were half closed.
他双眼半闭。
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His refrigerator frequently looked half empty.
他的冰箱里经常半空着。
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She'd half expected him to withdraw from the course.
她多少已经预料到他会中途就退出这门课程。
3 N-COUNT (足球、橄榄球、篮球比赛等的)半场,半时,半局 In games such as football, rugby, and basketball, matches are divided into two equal periods of time which are called
halves.
(足球、橄榄球、篮球比赛等的)半场,半时,半局 4 N-COUNT (啤酒、苹果酒等的)半品脱 A
half is half a pint of a drink such as beer or cider.
(啤酒、苹果酒等的)半品脱 [British] 5 N-COUNT (儿童乘坐公共汽车或火车时的)半(价)票 A
half is a half-price bus or train ticket for a child.
(儿童乘坐公共汽车或火车时的)半(价)票 [British] 6 ADV [ADVERB adjective] 一半…血统地 You use
half to say that someone has parents of different nationalities. For example, if you are
half German, one of your parents is German but the other is not.
一半…血统地 7 PREP-PHRASE (时间)…点半 You use
half past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour.
(时间)…点半 -
'What time were you planning lunch?'—'Half past twelve, if that's convenient.'.
“你打算什么时候吃午饭?”“如果方便的话,12点半。”
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I think I got there about four and left about half past.
我想我是4点钟左右到达那里,大约半个小时后离开的。
8 PREP 同 half past Half means the same as
half past .
同 half past [British, informal] 9 ADV [ADVERB adjective] (用于形容词前,表示强调或夸张)非常,极其 You can use
half before an adjective describing an extreme quality, as a way of emphasizing and exaggerating something.
(用于形容词前,表示强调或夸张)非常,极其 [informal, emphasis] Half can also be used in this way with a noun referring to a long period of time or a large quantity.
(与名词连用,表示时间很久或数量很大)大部分的,几乎全部的 -
I thought about you half the night.
我几乎整夜都在想着你。
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He wouldn't know what he was saying half the time.
他大部分时间里都不知道自己在说些什么。
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One phone call and half the city's police force will be around to arrest you.
只要打个电话,警察就会倾城而动过来抓你。
10 ADV [with neg] [ADVERB adjective/adverb, ADVERB n] (有时用在否定句中,表示非常肯定的意思) Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say '
he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
(有时用在否定句中,表示非常肯定的意思) [British, informal, emphasis] -
You don't half sound confident.
你听起来非常有信心。
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I didn't half get into trouble.
我遇到了大麻烦。
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She eventually decided the acting profession wasn't half bad.
她最终断定,表演这一行并不适合。
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My kick wasn't half a bad effort for an old man.
像我这把年纪的人,老腿确实不听使唤了。
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'There'd been a tremendous amount of poverty around and presumably this made some impact then.' — 'Oh not half.'
“过去贫困现象比比皆是,恐怕在当时也有不小的影响吧?”“没错,那还真不是一星半点的。”
11 ADV [with neg, ADVERB n, ADV as/so adj] 一点也不;差得远 You use
not half or
not half as to show that you do not think something is as good or impressive as it is meant to be.
一点也不;差得远 [emphasis] 12 PHRASE 非常…的;更…的;非同寻常的 When you use an expression such as
a problem and a half or
a meal and a half, you are emphasizing that your reaction to it is either very favourable or very unfavourable.
非常…的;更…的;非同寻常的 [emphasis] 13 PHRASE [poss PHR] 妻子;丈夫;另一半 If you talk about your
better half or your
other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.
妻子;丈夫;另一半 [informal] -
I was worried that my career, my children and my other half might become too much to cope with.
我担心我的事业、我的孩子们和我的那口子可能会让我应付不过来。
14 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 以一半;一半地 If you increase something
by half, half of the original amount is added to it. If you decrease it
by half, half of the original amount is taken away from it.
以一半;一半地 SYN excessively, very much, considerably
15 PHRASE 做事不认真;做事马虎 If you say that someone never
does things by halves, you mean that they always do things very thoroughly.
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In Italy they rarely do things by halves. Designers work thoroughly, producing the world's most wearable clothes in the most beautiful fabrics.
在意大利,人们很少马虎从事。设计师们精益求精,用最美丽的布料制造出世界上最适合穿着的衣服。
16 PHRASE (两人)平均分摊,平分(费用) If two people
go halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them.
(两人)平均分摊,平分(费用) 17 half the battle→see: battle half an ear
→see: ear too clever by half
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