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halfHhB:f, $hAfn, pronoun, predeterminer, adj, adv [not gradable]pl halves HhA:vz, $hCvzeither of the two equal or nearly equal parts that together make up a whole一半，半个"What's half of ninety-six?" "Forty-eight."“96的一半是几?”“48”。Roughly half (of) the class are Spanish and the others are a mixture of nationalities.大约班级的一半是西班牙人，其余是来自各个国家的混合。Would you like half an apple?你要半个苹果吗?Cut the apple in half /into halves (=into two equal parts).把这个苹果切成两半。My little brother is half as tall as me / half my height.我的小弟弟有我一半高。I got half a dozen (=six) eggs at the shop.我在店里买了半打鸡蛋。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).我有一半想什么也不管去周游世界。She was born in the latter half of the eighteenth century. [C]她生于18世纪下半叶。The recipe tells you to use a pound and a half of butter. [U]菜谱告诉你用一磅半的奶油。(Br infml) A half is half a PINT, esp. of beer.(尤指啤酒)半品脱A pint of lager and two halves, please. [C]请来一份一品脱贮陈啤酒和两份半品脱的。(infml) "I hear things aren't running very smoothly at work.""Oh, you don't know / haven't heard the half of it (=The situation is even worse than you realize)."“我听说工作进展得并不顺利。”“啊，你还不知道更糟的呢。”(infml) That was a game and a half (=a very good or very long game)!那真是一场精彩的比赛！When someone says that something is half the battle, they mean that when you have done it, you have solved the most difficult part of the problem.成功了一半，大有成功的希望For jobs like that, getting an interview is half the battle.对那样的工作来说，获得面试机会就是成功的一半。(infml) If someone says they would do something given half a chance, they mean they would do it willingly if they had the opportunity.如有机会(很愿意去做某事)I'd go to India, given half a chance.我愿意去印度，如有机会的话。(infml) If two people go halves when they are paying for something, they share the cost equally.均摊费用Shall we go halves on a bottle of champagne for the party?我们赴会时合买一瓶香槟好吗?If you can't afford to pay for it on your own, I'll go halves with you.如果你一个人付不起，我会和你分摊费用的。(humorous) If you see or discover how the other half lives, you learn something about a group of people or a social class who are completely different from you.另一阶层的人怎样生活They have a huge house with servants -- we really saw how the other half lives.他们有一幢大房子，还有仆人----我们真见识了富人们是怎样生活的。Walking past the people sleeping in doorways and boxes, we were left in no doubt about how the other half lives.从睡在门口和箱子里的人们身边走过，我们确切无疑地知道了穷人们是怎样生活的。(humorous) If it is said of someone that they do not do things by halves, it means that they make an effort to do things correctly and completely, often doing or providing more than is expected of them.全心全意地，热心地Half past a particular hour is 30 minutes later than that hour.半点I'll meet you at half past nine (=09###∶30 or 21###∶30).我将在9###∶30见你。(Br infml) I'll meet you at half seven (=half past seven) outside the theatre.我们7###∶30在剧院外见面。 TimeVarious games are divided into a first and a second half with a short pause for rest between them. [C](比赛的)上半场，下半场(Br) A half can also be a ticket which is cheaper because it is for a child.(儿童的)半票Two adults and three halves to Manchester, please. [C]我买两张去曼彻斯特的成人票和三张儿童半票。(infml) Half is sometimes used to mean a lot.许多She invited a lot of people to the party but half of them didn't turn up.她的聚会邀请了许多人，但很多都没到。He's so difficult to understand that half (of) the time I just nod and smile politely when he's talking to me.他是这么地令人难以听懂以至于大多数时间他对我说话时我只是有礼貌地点头并微笑。Half can be used to mean only partly.部分地The meat must only have been half cooked because it was still bloody.这肉肯定只是半熟，因为它还带着血。He answered the door half naked!他半裸着开了门!I was half expecting to see her at the party.我有点期望在聚会上见到她。I'm half inclined to take the job just because it's in London.我有点倾向于接受这份工作正是因为它是在伦敦。He was being funny but I think he was half serious.他做开玩笑状，但我想他是半当真的。He was half running along the street to keep up with her.他沿着街半跑着以赶上她。The bottle is half empty.这瓶子一半是空的。"Do you use milk or cream in the recipe?" "Half and half (=Equal amounts of milk and cream)."“你在菜谱里用牛奶还是奶油?”“各用一半。”You use 400 grams of butter in the icing and half as much again / (Am also) half again as much (=600 grams) in the cake.在糖霜中你用400克白脱，在蛋糕里比糖霜多加一半。(Br infml) People sometimes use not half in spoken English to express a positive statement more strongly.(口)非常，很It wasn't half crowded in the club last night (=It was very crowded).昨晚的俱乐部很拥挤。He wasn't half handsome (=He was very attractive).他很英俊。She didn't half shout at him (=She shouted a lot at him)!她对他大叫大骂！" You enjoyed yourself last night, didn't you?" "Not half (=Very much)!"“你昨晚玩得很开心，不是吗?”“非常开心！”(infml) If something is not half as good / bad / amusing as something else, it is clearly not as good / bad / amusing.远非，差得远，决不是It wasn't half as good as that other restaurant we went to.它比我们去的那家餐馆差远了。Films these days aren't half as good as they used to be.现在的电影比以前的差远了。(infml disapproving) An idea or plan which is half-baked or (Br slang) half-arsed / (Am infml) half-assed is stupid or has not been considered carefully enough.愚蠢的，考虑不周的The government has set up some half-baked scheme for training teachers on the job.政府制定了一些不周全的计划对教师进行在职培训。(esp. Br) If you stay (on) half board (Am Modified American plan) in a hotel or similar place, you have a room, a morning meal and a meal either in the middle of the day or in the evening.半食宿(指在旅馆等处住宿并由旅馆提供早餐及一顿主餐)The hotel only offers half board, but that suits me fine because I can have lunch at work.这家旅馆只提供半食宿，但那对我很合适，因为我可以在单位里吃午饭。☆ FULL中的 full boardHalf-caste is a usually offensive way of referring to someone whose parents are from different races.混血儿He said I was a half-caste, but I just ignored him.他说我是个混血儿，但我不理睬他就是了。Of course she looks half-caste--her father was white.当然她看上去像个混血儿----她父亲是个白人。If something goes off at half cock / (esp. Am) goes off half-cocked, it does not happen as completely or successfully as intended because it was badly planned or it started too early.未考虑周全就仓促行事，过早行事His schemes always go off at half cock because he never prepares them properly.他的计划总是仓促行事，因为他从不好好准备。(Br slang disapproving) If someone is half-cut, they are quite drunk.半醉的He was already half-cut when he arrived at the party.他到聚会时已经半醉了。(infml) Someone who is half-dead is extremely tired.极疲惫的"Phew! I'm half-dead!""Well, what do you expect after you've been on a three-mile run?"“唉！我累死了！”“跑了三英里之后你能指望怎样呢?”(infml) Half-decent means quite good or skilled.不错的，有技能的Any half-decent sprinter can run 100m in 11 seconds.任何较好的短跑手都能在11秒内跑完100米。A person or action that is half-hearted shows a lack of enthusiasm and interest.不热情的，无兴趣的He made a rather half-hearted attempt to clear up the rubbish.他只是不怎么情愿地在清除垃圾。The audience applauded half-heartedly.观众们不太热情地鼓了掌。Half an hour or a half-hour is a period of 30 minutes.半小时， 30分钟The dollar surged against the yen in the final half-hour of trading.在交易的最后半小时里美元对日元的汇率猛涨。Half an hour later, she was smiling and chatting as if nothing had happened.半小时后她又笑着聊天，好像什么也没发生一样。She is to host a new half-hour show which will be broadcast every weekday evening.她将主持一档在平日晚上播出的半小时节目。Trains for Washington depart on the half-hour (=at 10###∶30, 11###∶30, etc.).去华盛顿的火车每小时的半点钟发一次车。Something that is half-hourly happens twice every hour.每小时两次的，每半小时一次的There's a half-hourly train service to London from here.从这里去伦敦每半小时有一趟火车。I want you to call my office half-hourly and keep me fully informed about what's going on.我希望你每半小时给我办公室打一次电话，使我对所发生的事情了如指掌。If you say something half-joking or half-jokingly, you are partly joking and partly serious.半开玩笑的(地)She was only half-joking when she said that dogs were treated better than homeless people.她说狗比无家可归的人受到更好的待遇时只是半开玩笑。(specialized) The half-life of a RADIOACTIVE substance is the length of time its level of radioactivity takes to fall by half.(放射性物质的)半衰期The most stable isotope of plutonium has a half-life of almost 25000 years.钚最稳定的同位素的半衰期为25000年。Half-light is the greyness or less than complete darkness that exists in a badly lit room or just after the sun has gone down or just before the sun comes up.（室内）光线差的，(太阳刚落下或太阳就要升起时)光线灰暗的In the dim half-light of evening, I was unable to tell whether it was Mary or her sister.在夜晚昏暗的光线下，我不能辨别那是玛丽还是她妹妹。A half-marathon is a running race over a distance of about 21 kilometres.半程马拉松赛跑(约21公里)If a flag is (flying) at half-mast (Am also half-staff), it has been lowered to a point half the way down the pole as an expression of sadness at someone's death.下半旗(至旗杆中部的位置以示对某人逝世的哀悼)A half-measure is an action which only achieves part of what it is intended to achieve.不彻底的折中办法These so-called reforms are just cosmetic half-measures which do nothing to resolve the problem.这些所谓的改革只不过是粉饰的折中办法，对解决问题根本没用。A half-moon is (something shaped like) the moon when only half of the surface facing the Earth is lit by light from the sun.半月(形的东西)She peered over her half-moon glasses / half-moons (=glasses in which the glass is shaped like half circles) at me and asked why I was so late.她从她的半月形的眼镜上方盯着我看，问我为什么迟到这么久。Half note is esp. Am for MINIM.二分音符Someone's other half is their husband, wife or usual partner.丈夫，妻子，情人Bring your other half next time you come.你下次来时把你那亲爱的也带来。If someone is half the person they used to be, they are not as good as they were previously.不如从前好She's half the player she used to be.她的球艺不如从前出色。Something that is half-price costs half its usual price.半价I got some half-price pizzas at the supermarket.我在超级市场买了些半价的比萨饼。The railcard allows students and young people to travel half-price on most trains.铁路卡让学生和年轻人可以半价乘坐大多数的火车。If you wait until the January sales, you might be able to get it at half-price.如果你等到一月份的大降价，你也许能以半价买到它。Your half-sister or half-brother has one of the same parents as you do, but their other parent is different from yours.同父异母(或同母异父)兄弟，姐妹 RelationshipsA half-size in clothing is a size which is half of the way between two usual sizes.半号尺码They're one of the few shops to stock men's slippers in half-sizes.他们是为数不多的备有半号尺码男式拖鞋的商店之一。Half step is Am for SEMITONE.半音(Br) Half term (Am midterm) is a short holiday in the middle of each of the three periods into which the school year is divided.期中假(学期中的短假)Some families go on holiday at half term, but many stay at home.有些家庭在期中假时去度假，不过很多人呆在家里。A half-timbered building has a wooden frame whose spaces are filled with brick or stone to form the walls, so that the wood still shows on the surface.露明木架的Half-time is a short rest period between the two parts of a sports game.(体育比赛的)中场休息Italy had a comfortable three-goal lead over France by half-time.意大利队到中场休息时稳稳地以三球领先于法国队。What was the half-time score?中场休息时比分是多少？[，☆FULL 中的 full time]A half-truth is a statement which is intended to deceive by being only party true.半真半假的陈述，真伪混同的欺骗陈述The book is a jumble of speculation, half-truths and downright lies about what really happened.这本书是对真正发生的事的一大堆臆测，半真半假的陈述和彻头彻尾的扯谎。A half volley is a shot in a game such as tennis in which the ball is hit just after it has bounced.(网球等比赛中)反弹球，一落地弹起即击的球(disapproving) A half- wit is a silly or stupid person.笨蛋，傻瓜She really is a half-wit -- we all told her she shouldn't marry him.她真是个傻瓜----我们都告诉她不应该嫁给他。You half-wit! I asked you to get me some parsnips, not turnips. [as form of address]你这个傻瓜！我要你给我买一些欧洲萝卜，而不是小圆萝卜。That was a really half-witted thing to say--you can be so stupid sometimes.那真是傻话----你有的时候就会这样蠢。 Two
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