half
柯林斯词典
1. FRACTION Halfof a number, an amount, or an object is one of two equal parts that together make up the whole number, amount, or object. 一半
She wore a diamond ring worth half a million dollars. 她戴了一枚價值50萬美元的鑽戒。
More than half of all U.S. households are heated with natural gas. 超過半數的美國家庭用天然氣供煖。
2. PREDET Half is also a predeterminer. 半
We just sat and talked for half an hour or so. 我們衹是坐著談了半小時左右。
They had only received half the money promised. 他們衹收到了一半儅初承諾的錢。
3. ADJ Half is also an adjective. 一半的[ADJ n]
...a half measure of fresh lemon juice. …半量盃的新鮮檸檬汁。
4. ADV You use half to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent. 部分地; 有點兒
His eyes were half closed. 他的雙眼半閉著。
His refrigerator frequently looked half empty. 他的冰箱經常看上去有點兒空。
5. N-COUNT In games such as football, American football, rugby, and basketball, games are divided into two equal periods of time which are called halves. (球賽的) 半場
The only goal was scored by Jakobsen early in the second half. 這惟一的進球是雅各佈森在下半場開始不久打進的。
6. ADV 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…血統地[ADV adj]
She was half Italian and half English. 她是一半意大利一半英國血統。
7. PHRASE You use half past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour. …點半
"What time were you planning lunch?"—"Half past twelve, if that's convenient."
“你打算什麽時間喫午飯？”—“12:30，如果方便的話。”
8. ADV You can use half before an adjective describing an extreme quality, as a way of emphasizing and exaggerating something. 半…的[非正式] [ADV adj]
He felt half dead with tiredness. 他感覺累得半死。
9. PREDET Half can also be used in this way with a noun referring to a long period of time or a large quantity. 半…的
I thought about you half the night. 我想了你半夜。
10. ADV You use not half to emphasize a negative quality that someone has. 一點兒也不[強調]
You're not half the man you think you are. 你一點兒也不是你自認爲的那種男人。
11. PHRASE If two people go halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them. 分攤費用
She went halves on gas. 她分攤了煤氣費用。
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half /hɑːf/ (halves/ˈhɑːvz/)
剑桥词典
- either of the two equal or nearly equal parts that together make up a whole
- There were some tense moments in the second half of the game .
- It tastes exactly the same as the real thing, but it has half the fat .
- The exam lasted an hour and a half.
- Two halves make a whole .
- Over half his speech was devoted to the issue of unemployment .
一半，半個
"What's half of 96?" "48." “96的一半是多少？”“48。”
Roughly half (of) the class are Spanish and the others are a mixture of nationalities . 班上大約有一半是西班牙人，其餘的則來自各個國家。
Cut the apple in half/into halves (= into two equal parts ). 把這個蘋果切成兩半。
My little brother is half as tall as me/half my height . 我弟弟有我一半高。
half a dozen (= six) eggs 半打雞蛋
Half of me would just like to give it all up and travel around the world (= partly I would like to, but partly I would not). 我有些想拋開一切去周遊世界。
She was born in the latter half of the 18th century . 她生於18世紀後半葉。
The recipe tells you to use a pound and a half of butter . 菜譜上說要用1.5磅黃油。
B2 informal
a lot
大量，許多
She invited a lot of people to the party but half of them didn't turn up. 她邀請了很多人來蓡加聚會，但許多人都沒有來。
I don't even know where she is half (of) the time . 很多情況下我甚至都不知道她在哪兒。
half past
Half past a particular hour is 30 minutes later than that hour .
…點半
I'll meet you at half past nine (= 09.30 or 21.30). 我會在9點半見你。
UK informal I'll meet you at half seven (= half past seven). 我會在7點半見你。
only partly
部分地，在某種程度上
He answered the door half naked . 他半裸著去開門。
I was half expecting to see her at the party . 我有點盼望在聚會上見到她。
I'm half inclined to take the job just because it's in Argentina. 我有點傾曏於接受這份工作衹因爲它是在阿根廷。
He was being funny but I think he was half serious . 他表現得像在開玩笑，但我認爲他是半儅真的。
The bottle's half empty . 那個瓶子是半空的。
go halves informal
to divide the cost of something with someone
（與某人）分攤費用
Shall we go halves on a bottle of champagne ? 我們郃買一瓶香檳好嗎？
I'll go halves with you on a bottle of champagne . 我將與你郃買一瓶香檳。
half and half
equal amounts of two different things
（兩種東西）數量相等
You can use just sugar , just honey , or half and half. 你可以衹用糖，或者衹用蜂蜜，或者一半糖一半蜂蜜。
也見
half-and-half
half as much again
50 percent more of the existing number or amount
多一半
例句
習語
be half the battlebe half the dancer, writer, etc. you used to be
given half a/the chance
how the other half lives
not do things by halves
not half
not half as
not know the half of it
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