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单词 fifty-fifty
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Definition of fifty-fifty in English:

fifty-fifty

adjective ˌfɪftɪˈfɪftiˌfɪftiˈfɪfti
  • 1The same in share or proportion; equal.

    各半的,对半的,平分的

    fifty-fifty partners

    各占一半份额的合伙人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The leadership was more like fifty-fifty: four of the nine hanged after Castle Hill were Protestants.
    • China also agreed to allow foreign insurance brokers to choose their own partners and secure legal guarantees of freedom from any regulatory interference in privately negotiated contracts on a fifty-fifty equity basis.
    • ‘Travelling with a partner is a fifty-fifty kind of deal,’ he explained patiently.
    • After returning from the 1960 Summer Games, he signed an unprecedented fifty-fifty split contract turning him into a professional boxer
    • From a near fifty-fifty split on the devolution proposals in 1979 the referendum in 1997 provided a three to one majority for the Parliament and a clear majority for giving it tax powers.
    • When the skin is so dry that it tends to flake, the best carrier seems to be a fifty-fifty blend of sweet almond and corn oil with 10 per cent of organic wheatgerm oil to provide more of the revitalizing and restorative vitamin E.
    • ‘They still think they're in the majority but there is a bare majority; it's nearly fifty-fifty now,’ he said.
    • To compound the inequity, there is a risk in a fifty-fifty custody arrangement that the mother will no longer be seen as the primary caregiver, and may completely lose her entitlement to a sole parent rate of benefit.
    • If I am correct in stating the member's position, then she believes that fifty-fifty time should be the fall-back position if something else cannot be sorted out.
    • Put another way, it is fair to view a couple with dependent children as forming a fifty-fifty partnership, which has the essential goal of giving their children the best possible start in life.
    • Our aim is fifty-fifty representation - total gender balance in the system.
    • There should be no fifty-fifty deal, because, quite clearly, all the people of New Zealand benefit from our exports and the revenue generated from them.
    • If you measure a successful relationship at fifty-fifty, I'd say we're more like ninety-ten.
    • Of course, over time, you expect that that levels out and we are now at the period where hopefully the coverage will be fifty-fifty and we get on with the election campaign.
    • Keane, being a realist, recognises those facts, but insists that the game is very much fifty-fifty.
    • This result may provide some support not that fifty-fifty divisions are unfavorable for democracy, but that more fragmentation leads to less democracy.
    • You can phone a friend, you can go fifty-fifty or you can ask the audience.
    • They are unlikely to see fifty-fifty shares in boardrooms or childcare as the measure of fairness in the division of labour.
    • There is good news in that the numbers continue to improve, and there's every reason to believe we will eventually reach essentially fifty-fifty numbers of men and women in the field.
    • Alas some controversial refereeing decisions saw all the fifty-fifty decisions going the Paisley side's way.
    Synonyms
    evenly matched, evenly balanced, even, balanced, level, evenly proportioned, well matched, on a par, on an equal footing
    1. 1.1 Used to refer to one of two possibilities that are equally likely to happen.
      (事情发生的可能性)几率(或概率)各半的
      he has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation

      他能否挺过这个手术的几率的一半对一半。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The gamesmanship has also started with both teams claiming the coveted tag of underdogs, but for Frampton, the fact that Lismore and themselves have made the final means that it's fifty-fifty.
      • Well, it was almost a fifty-fifty chance right?
      • According to the doctors, I initially had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving which is pretty serious, but even they were amazed at how quickly I began to recover.
      • Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.
      • When the Governor spoke today he said well, it's a fifty-fifty call now whether interest rates rise or whether interest rates fall, and I think that characterises the view of the Reserve Bank.
      • If you don't know anything about probability theory, particularly expectations, you probably say to yourself, the odds are fifty-fifty that you have chosen the larger sum, so you may as well stick with your first choice.
      • A couple of the multicellular test subjects died and the invertebrates had a fifty-fifty survival rate.
      • She said: ‘It's still fifty-fifty whether he will pull through but we are doing our best for him.’
      • ‘I'm more confident because it is a playoff,’ he said, adding the odds were fifty-fifty.
      • The jury is still out; I mean, it's so fifty-fifty.
      • You know - maybe not in words or objective thoughts - but you know that it's not a fifty-fifty proposition, crossing this street right now.
      • Common sense and other information tells me that this race is actually dead-even, fifty-fifty.
      • And at the end of the meeting he said; ‘that's the best twenty minute pitch I've ever seen’ but I also think I might have scared him, too, so it's fifty-fifty whether I'd be called back.
      • I am optimistic - I think we have a fifty-fifty chance to be here, to survive.
      • Given past encounters it's a fifty-fifty draw that they either are willing to help us or kill us.
      • I'd give it a fifty-fifty chance, probably less.
      • Well, it was a fifty-fifty chance of getting it right.
      • If I had, I'd say there would have been a fifty-fifty chance of me turning up.
      • There is a fifty-fifty chance that we changed the outcome.
      • So after having a fifty-fifty shot on which track might be more fun to play, I proceed to choose one of three game modes.
adverb ˌfɪftɪˈfɪftiˌfɪftiˈfɪfti
  • In two amounts or parts that are the same in size; equally.

    各半,对半地;相等地

    they divided the spoil fifty-fifty

    他们平分了赃物。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'll go with you fifty-fifty on the winnings.
    • They can ask the audience, go fifty-fifty or send smoke signals to their tribal chief for the answers.
    • Mix baby powder fifty-fifty with blue chalk in your chalk box.
    • The Exec is roughly split fifty-fifty down the middle, with everything from classical liberals to old-style feminists and environmentalists.
    • I believe that couples should be able to split their incomes fifty-fifty for taxation purposes.
    • If I work with a friend, we usually split the extra income fifty-fifty.
    • Just before I call the next member, I tell members I have been advised that the next speech is to be shared fifty-fifty.
    • Unusuallly, the party was split fifty-fifty on the issue.

Rhymes

fifty, nifty, shifty, swiftie, thrifty

Definition of fifty-fifty in US English:

fifty-fifty

adjectiveˌfɪftiˈfɪftiˌfiftēˈfiftē
  • 1The same in share or proportion; equal.

    各半的,对半的,平分的

    fifty-fifty partners

    各占一半份额的合伙人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After returning from the 1960 Summer Games, he signed an unprecedented fifty-fifty split contract turning him into a professional boxer
    • If I am correct in stating the member's position, then she believes that fifty-fifty time should be the fall-back position if something else cannot be sorted out.
    • You can phone a friend, you can go fifty-fifty or you can ask the audience.
    • ‘They still think they're in the majority but there is a bare majority; it's nearly fifty-fifty now,’ he said.
    • China also agreed to allow foreign insurance brokers to choose their own partners and secure legal guarantees of freedom from any regulatory interference in privately negotiated contracts on a fifty-fifty equity basis.
    • They are unlikely to see fifty-fifty shares in boardrooms or childcare as the measure of fairness in the division of labour.
    • Of course, over time, you expect that that levels out and we are now at the period where hopefully the coverage will be fifty-fifty and we get on with the election campaign.
    • When the skin is so dry that it tends to flake, the best carrier seems to be a fifty-fifty blend of sweet almond and corn oil with 10 per cent of organic wheatgerm oil to provide more of the revitalizing and restorative vitamin E.
    • To compound the inequity, there is a risk in a fifty-fifty custody arrangement that the mother will no longer be seen as the primary caregiver, and may completely lose her entitlement to a sole parent rate of benefit.
    • Put another way, it is fair to view a couple with dependent children as forming a fifty-fifty partnership, which has the essential goal of giving their children the best possible start in life.
    • From a near fifty-fifty split on the devolution proposals in 1979 the referendum in 1997 provided a three to one majority for the Parliament and a clear majority for giving it tax powers.
    • Alas some controversial refereeing decisions saw all the fifty-fifty decisions going the Paisley side's way.
    • There is good news in that the numbers continue to improve, and there's every reason to believe we will eventually reach essentially fifty-fifty numbers of men and women in the field.
    • If you measure a successful relationship at fifty-fifty, I'd say we're more like ninety-ten.
    • ‘Travelling with a partner is a fifty-fifty kind of deal,’ he explained patiently.
    • Keane, being a realist, recognises those facts, but insists that the game is very much fifty-fifty.
    • The leadership was more like fifty-fifty: four of the nine hanged after Castle Hill were Protestants.
    • There should be no fifty-fifty deal, because, quite clearly, all the people of New Zealand benefit from our exports and the revenue generated from them.
    • Our aim is fifty-fifty representation - total gender balance in the system.
    • This result may provide some support not that fifty-fifty divisions are unfavorable for democracy, but that more fragmentation leads to less democracy.
    Synonyms
    evenly matched, evenly balanced, even, balanced, level, evenly proportioned, well matched, on a par, on an equal footing
    1. 1.1 Used to refer to one of two possibilities that are equally likely to happen.
      (事情发生的可能性)几率(或概率)各半的
      he has a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation

      他能否挺过这个手术的几率的一半对一半。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I'd give it a fifty-fifty chance, probably less.
      • And at the end of the meeting he said; ‘that's the best twenty minute pitch I've ever seen’ but I also think I might have scared him, too, so it's fifty-fifty whether I'd be called back.
      • According to the doctors, I initially had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving which is pretty serious, but even they were amazed at how quickly I began to recover.
      • When the Governor spoke today he said well, it's a fifty-fifty call now whether interest rates rise or whether interest rates fall, and I think that characterises the view of the Reserve Bank.
      • The jury is still out; I mean, it's so fifty-fifty.
      • Well, it was a fifty-fifty chance of getting it right.
      • Given past encounters it's a fifty-fifty draw that they either are willing to help us or kill us.
      • ‘I'm more confident because it is a playoff,’ he said, adding the odds were fifty-fifty.
      • The gamesmanship has also started with both teams claiming the coveted tag of underdogs, but for Frampton, the fact that Lismore and themselves have made the final means that it's fifty-fifty.
      • You know - maybe not in words or objective thoughts - but you know that it's not a fifty-fifty proposition, crossing this street right now.
      • A couple of the multicellular test subjects died and the invertebrates had a fifty-fifty survival rate.
      • There is a fifty-fifty chance that we changed the outcome.
      • I am optimistic - I think we have a fifty-fifty chance to be here, to survive.
      • So after having a fifty-fifty shot on which track might be more fun to play, I proceed to choose one of three game modes.
      • If I had, I'd say there would have been a fifty-fifty chance of me turning up.
      • Common sense and other information tells me that this race is actually dead-even, fifty-fifty.
      • If you don't know anything about probability theory, particularly expectations, you probably say to yourself, the odds are fifty-fifty that you have chosen the larger sum, so you may as well stick with your first choice.
      • Well, it was almost a fifty-fifty chance right?
      • Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100.
      • She said: ‘It's still fifty-fifty whether he will pull through but we are doing our best for him.’
adverbˌfɪftiˈfɪftiˌfiftēˈfiftē
  • Equally; half and half.

    they divided the spoils fifty-fifty

    他们平分了赃物。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I believe that couples should be able to split their incomes fifty-fifty for taxation purposes.
    • The Exec is roughly split fifty-fifty down the middle, with everything from classical liberals to old-style feminists and environmentalists.
    • If I work with a friend, we usually split the extra income fifty-fifty.
    • They can ask the audience, go fifty-fifty or send smoke signals to their tribal chief for the answers.
    • Mix baby powder fifty-fifty with blue chalk in your chalk box.
    • Unusuallly, the party was split fifty-fifty on the issue.
    • Just before I call the next member, I tell members I have been advised that the next speech is to be shared fifty-fifty.
    • I'll go with you fifty-fifty on the winnings.
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