half

释义

n.

一半；（比赛、音乐会等的）半场；（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱

adv.

半；半数；绝大部分（时间、乐趣、麻烦等）；到一半程度

adj.

一半的；一部分的；不完全的

网络

半场(half-court)；半个；二分之一

词形变化

复数：halves

常用短语 9 组

and a half

了不起的；而且比这多得多

in half

分成两半

by half

◎只一半

one half

一半

not half as

差得远，远非，决非

half and half

一半一半；各占一半；口交及做爱

the half of it

整个情况(或麻烦等)的一部分；较重要的那一部分

half off

打五折

half back

前卫

在例句中理解 45 句

1. Guess I won't have to expend all that extra energy paying attention to at least half of those who visit my office.

   这样一来，至少有一半造访我办公室的人不需要我费心接待了。

2. Thierry Breton, who only took over as French finance minister a year and a half ago, could argue his best has yet to come.

   一年半前刚接任法国财长的瑟瑞·布雷顿（ThierryBreton）可以辩称，他的最佳状态尚未到来。

3. Half-way home, Nikolay let the coachman hold the horses, ran for a moment to Natasha's sledge, and stood on the edge of it.

   在半路上，尼古拉叫马车夫把马勒住一会儿，他跑到娜塔莎的雪橇前面呆上分把钟，站在跨杠上。

4. But he said that calling the new entities "super ministries" overstates their power and that they seemed to represent a "half step. "

   但他认为称新实体为“超级部”是夸大了它们的权力，认为它们似乎代表的是“半步”。

5. Half the fun of such sightings is trying to determine if they are real, or simply Photoshopped fighters created on computer screens.

   有一半的乐趣是讨论这些照片是不是真的，亦或是用Photoshop在计算机屏幕上伪造出来的战机。

6. That means getting your heart rate up three times a week for at least a half hour each time.

   这也就是说每周让心跳加速三次，每次至少半小时。

7. There's not much difference. I used to wait up half the night for George to go, and now I wait up half the night for him to come home.

   “没有太大的区别，过去我总是熬到半夜等乔治离开，现在我总要熬到半夜等他回家”。

8. In total, we plan to shutdown at least 800 data centers, some 40% of our inventory over the next four and a half years.

   我们计划一共关闭至少800个数据中心，其中要在接下来的4年半的时间里关闭40%。

9. Anyway private company is not that dependable. Don't waste your money, at least deposit the living fee for half a year.

   私人单位始终不是那么可靠，你花钱不要大手大脚的，起码要存够半年的生活费呀。

10. Scientists say the dry conditions in the Horn of Africa are at least partly the result of an event half a world away.

    科学家们说，在非洲之角的干燥条件下，至少部分是事件的结果半个世界之遥。

11. Russia plans to form a state grain trading company to control up to half of the country's cereal exports, western diplomats said last week.

    西方外交人士上周表示，俄罗斯计划成立一家国营粮食贸易公司，以控制至多一半的俄罗斯谷类出口。

12. Dugard, who kept her silence, readjusted to her new existence with her mother and half sister.

    Dugard一直保持沉默。现在她正努力调整自己，适应和母亲、同母异父的姐姐在一起的新生活。

13. But sometimes the treatment is so effective that in half of the studies, the mice appeared to be cured of their cancer.

    但有时治疗是如此有效，在研究的一半，老鼠似乎是他们的癌症治愈。

14. George Washington High School, about a mile and a half from our apartment, was one of the city's largest and best public schools.

    乔治华盛顿中学离我家大约一英里半，是纽约市最大和最好的公立学校之一。

15. She said she got nervous during the second half of the program, after successfully completing the most difficult part of her skate.

    她说，在完成最难的动作之后，比赛后半段她反倒紧张起来。

16. Half the group was lucky enough to get out of bed for an hour a day to spin around in the NASA Short-Range Human Centrifuge.

    其中一半人有幸每天下床，在美国航空航天局（NASA）的短距人体离心机里进行旋转体验。

17. The Daily is thinly staffed and will cost less than half a million dollars a week to put out.

    《日报》的员工配置简单，那么，每周的出版成本能减少50万美元。

18. Half of the children said they had a habit of overeating or bingeing, which refers to overeating with a feeling of being out of control.

    一半儿童承认他们有进食过多或贪食的习惯，即过度饮食缺乏控制。

19. He had never been doing a job more than half a year, so we were disappointed with him.

    我们对他失望了，他做什么工作都不能超过半年。

20. Even the World Food Program shut down its operation a year and a half ago after 14 of its local employees were killed.

    14名当地雇员被杀害之后，世界粮食规划署也于一年半之前停止了在索马里的工作。

21. Raul made about $10, 000 total by donating a couple of times a week for a year and a half, at $70 a sample.

    那一年半的时间里，劳尔每周都要去捐献几次，每个精样70美元，他一共得到了大概1万美元。

22. take your scissors and cut off the bottom half of the jeans making sure to cut off the beginning of the crotch area.

    需要你的剪刀，切断了确保切断地区的裆下半开始牛仔裤。

23. The company is currently offering new customers a special offer of half off the language of your choice including free shipping.

    公司目前正向新客户提供一项特别服务，这项服务针对半数可供选择的语言，包括免运费。

24. We found a table close to the stage. He ordered half a liter of beer and I ordered a grape soda.

    我们找了一张靠近舞台的桌子，他要了半升啤酒，我则要了一杯葡萄汽水。

25. If the truck-mounted crane is not in use for a long period of time (longer than half a year), following measures shall be taken for storage.

    随车起重运输车在较长时间处于不使用状态时（半年以上），应采取以下的保管措施。

26. Now, less than half a year has passed, we have already proposed and introduced a package plan to tackle the effect of the financial crisis.

    现在，时间过去不到半年，我们已经提出了一揽子应对计划。

27. A survey of thousands of consumers has found that half have no interest in viewing any kind of service, even if it is free.

    一项千人的调查显示：一半左右的用户对任何形式的视频服务都不感兴趣，哪怕是免费服务。

28. Chief Editor Colin Myler said: "As a final tribute to seven-and-a-half million readers, this is for you - and for the staff. "

    报社总编辑科林•迈勒说：“这是献给750万读者的最后一份礼物——同时也献给世界新闻报的工作人员。”

29. Emilia. If he say so, may his pernicious soul Rot half a grain a day! he lies to the heart: She was too fond of her most filthy bargain.

    爱米利娅要是他果然说了这样的话，愿他恶毒的灵魂每天一分一寸地糜烂！他全然胡说；她对于她的最卑鄙的男人是太痴心了。

30. An hour and a half would pass by, and I'd realize that I wasn't going to get as much done as I had planned.

    只有当一个半小时过去了，我才会意识到自己是完不成那些计划要做的事了。

31. Only half the guests had arrived by seven o’clock.

    7点钟前只来了一半客人。

32. If you look at our members, at least half are women.

    看看我们的会员，至少有一半是女性。

33. ...a half measure of fresh lemon juice.

    …半量杯的新鲜柠檬汁。

34. Two halves make a whole.

    两个一半构成一个整体。

35. He’s half English, half Swiss.

    他有一半英格兰血统，一半瑞士血统。

36. He was half in the water and half out.

    他的身体一半在水中，一半露在水面上。

37. She was standing there half dressed, putting on her make-up.

    她衣服穿了一半，站在那里化着妆。

38. The door was only half closed.

    门仅半开着。

39. The jug was still half full.

    那个罐子还半满着呢。

40. a half-empty wine bottle

    半空的葡萄酒瓶

41. I was only half awake.

    我只是半醒着。

42. He looked half asleep.

    他看上去半睡半醒。

43. I was half expecting her to say ‘no’.

    我有点希望她会说不。

44. I half hoped that they wouldn’t come.

    我有些希望他们不会来。

45. I said it half jokingly.

    我是半开玩笑地说的。