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half n.一半；下半场；半学年adj.一半的；不完全的adv.一半地；不完全地 (1) 我们至多只能做到去年的一半。(2) 游戏玩到后半场才热闹起来。(3) 该队在下半场重新领先。(4) 我不得不利用半学年在学校实验室研究这个实验。(5) 车子毁了一半。(6) 布朗先生拥有企业一半的股份。(7) 半真半假的话常常跟谎言一样糟。(8) 这女孩只做完了一半作业。(9) 这些土豆煮得半生不熟。 You might live half the year in Alaska and half in Florida — in this case, you spend six months, one half of a 12-month period, in each state. You can also divide food in half or save half your paycheck each week, while spending the other half. Your half brother is a sibling who shares one of your parents; you and he might have the same mother but different fathers. In Old English, half means "side" or "part."

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英 [hɑːf] 美 [hæf] (1) At best we can do only half as much as last year.(2) The game didn't heat up until the second half.(3) The team recovered its lead in the second half.(4) I have to spend half in studying the experiment in campus lab.(5) Half the car was damaged.(6) Mr Brown holds a half share in the business.(7) A half truth is often no better than a lie.(8) The girl left her homework half done.(9) These potatoes are only half cooked. When something is divided into two equal sections, half is one of the two parts. You can split a brownie in half if you want to share it with your friend. 1[FRACTION 分数词]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.   [ADJ n]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。More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000...半数以上的家庭申报收入超过35,000英镑。Cut the tomatoes in half vertically...把番茄竖着切成两半。The bridge was rebuilt in two halves...该桥被分成两部分进行重建。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.We just sat and talked for half an hour or so...我们只是坐了一会，聊了大约半小时。They had only received half the money promised...他们只收到了所承诺的钱数的一半。She's half his age.她年龄比他小一半。Half is also an adjective....£.75 for a half chicken tandoori.半只唐杜里无皮鸡的价格为0.75英镑...a half measure of fresh lemon juice...半份鲜榨柠檬汁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 副词]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.   [ADV adj]His eyes were half closed...他双眼半闭。His refrigerator frequently looked half empty...他的冰箱里经常半空着。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 可数名词]（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.   [usu ord N]The only goal was scored by Jakobsen early in the second half.唯一的一粒进球是由雅各布森在下半场刚开始时打进的。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（啤酒、苹果酒等的）半品脱 A half is half a pint of a drink such as beer or cider.   [BRIT 英]...a half of lager and a sandwich.半品脱淡啤酒和一份三明治5[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.   [BRIT 英]6[ADV 副词]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.   [ADV adj]She was half Italian and half English.她是半意大利半英国血统。7[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]（时间）…点半 You use half past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour.   [usu PREP num]'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。”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 介词]同 half past Half means the same as half past .   [PREP num]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]They are supposed to be here at about half four.他们应该在4点半左右到达这里。9[ADV 副词]（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.   [ADV adj]  [emphasis]  [INFORMAL 非正式]He felt half dead with tiredness...他已经累得半死不活了。All this time I've been half sick about you and why you wouldn't write.我一直非常担心你，一直在想你为什么不来信。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。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。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 副词]（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.   [with neg]  [emphasis]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]You don't half sound confident...你听起来非常有信心。I didn't half get into trouble...我遇到了大麻烦。She eventually decided the acting profession wasn't half bad...她最终断定，表演这一行并不适合。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。'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 副词]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.   [with neg]  [emphasis]You're not half the man you think you are...你根本不是你自己想象的那种人。Poor old Henry, and not half as clever as he'd thought.可怜的老亨利，以为自己多聪明。12[PHRASE 短语]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.   [usu v-link PHR]  [emphasis]It becomes clear that Montgomerie has a job and half on his hands.很显然，蒙哥马利手头有一大堆事情要做。13[PHRASE 短语]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.   [poss PHR]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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 短语]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.   [PHR after v]The number of 7 year olds who read poorly has increased by half over the past 5 years...不识字的7岁儿童的人数在过去5年里增加了一半。Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.将进食量减半对任何人来说都是件非常难的事。15[PHRASE 短语]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.   [with brd-neg]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 短语]（两人）平均分摊，平分（费用） If two people go halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them.   [V inflects]He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad.他总和女友煲电话粥。令我抓狂的是电话费可是我们俩平摊的。17  half the battle→see: battle； half an ear→see: ear； too clever by half→see: clever；

英语单词	half
英美音标	英 [hɑːf] 美 [hæf]
中文释义	n.一半；下半场；半学年 adj.一半的；不完全的 adv.一半地；不完全地
英语例句	(1) At best we can do only half as much as last year. (2) The game didn't heat up until the second half. (3) The team recovered its lead in the second half. (4) I have to spend half in studying the experiment in campus lab. (5) Half the car was damaged. (6) Mr Brown holds a half share in the business. (7) A half truth is often no better than a lie. (8) The girl left her homework half done. (9) These potatoes are only half cooked.
中文例句	(1) 我们至多只能做到去年的一半。 (2) 游戏玩到后半场才热闹起来。 (3) 该队在下半场重新领先。 (4) 我不得不利用半学年在学校实验室研究这个实验。 (5) 车子毁了一半。 (6) 布朗先生拥有企业一半的股份。 (7) 半真半假的话常常跟谎言一样糟。 (8) 这女孩只做完了一半作业。 (9) 这些土豆煮得半生不熟。
vocabulary简明	When something is divided into two equal sections, half is one of the two parts. You can split a brownie in half if you want to share it with your friend.
vocabulary扩展	You might live half the year in Alaska and half in Florida — in this case, you spend six months, one half of a 12-month period, in each state. You can also divide food in half or save half your paycheck each week, while spending the other half. Your half brother is a sibling who shares one of your parents; you and he might have the same mother but different fathers. In Old English, half means "side" or "part."
柯林斯解释	1 [FRACTION 分数词]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. [ADJ n] 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。 More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000... 半数以上的家庭申报收入超过35,000英镑。 Cut the tomatoes in half vertically... 把番茄竖着切成两半。 The bridge was rebuilt in two halves... 该桥被分成两部分进行重建。 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. We just sat and talked for half an hour or so... 我们只是坐了一会，聊了大约半小时。 They had only received half the money promised... 他们只收到了所承诺的钱数的一半。 She's half his age. 她年龄比他小一半。 Half is also an adjective. ...£.75 for a half chicken tandoori. 半只唐杜里无皮鸡的价格为0.75英镑 ...a half measure of fresh lemon juice... 半份鲜榨柠檬汁 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 副词]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. [ADV adj] His eyes were half closed... 他双眼半闭。 His refrigerator frequently looked half empty... 他的冰箱里经常半空着。 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 可数名词]（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. [usu ord N] The only goal was scored by Jakobsen early in the second half. 唯一的一粒进球是由雅各布森在下半场刚开始时打进的。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（啤酒、苹果酒等的）半品脱 A half is half a pint of a drink such as beer or cider. [BRIT 英] ...a half of lager and a sandwich. 半品脱淡啤酒和一份三明治 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [BRIT 英] 6 [ADV 副词]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. [ADV adj] She was half Italian and half English. 她是半意大利半英国血统。 7 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]（时间）…点半 You use half past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour. [usu PREP num] '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。” 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 介词]同 half past Half means the same as half past . [PREP num] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] They are supposed to be here at about half four. 他们应该在4点半左右到达这里。 9 [ADV 副词]（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. [ADV adj] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式] He felt half dead with tiredness... 他已经累得半死不活了。 All this time I've been half sick about you and why you wouldn't write. 我一直非常担心你，一直在想你为什么不来信。 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。 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。 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 副词]（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. [with neg] [emphasis] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] You don't half sound confident... 你听起来非常有信心。 I didn't half get into trouble... 我遇到了大麻烦。 She eventually decided the acting profession wasn't half bad... 她最终断定，表演这一行并不适合。 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。 '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 副词]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. [with neg] [emphasis] You're not half the man you think you are... 你根本不是你自己想象的那种人。 Poor old Henry, and not half as clever as he'd thought. 可怜的老亨利，以为自己多聪明。 12 [PHRASE 短语]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. [usu v-link PHR] [emphasis] It becomes clear that Montgomerie has a job and half on his hands. 很显然，蒙哥马利手头有一大堆事情要做。 13 [PHRASE 短语]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. [poss PHR] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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 短语]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. [PHR after v] The number of 7 year olds who read poorly has increased by half over the past 5 years... 不识字的7岁儿童的人数在过去5年里增加了一半。 Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do. 将进食量减半对任何人来说都是件非常难的事。 15 [PHRASE 短语]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. [with brd-neg] 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 短语]（两人）平均分摊，平分（费用） If two people go halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them. [V inflects] He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad. 他总和女友煲电话粥。令我抓狂的是电话费可是我们俩平摊的。 17 half the battle→see: battle ； half an ear→see: ear ； too clever by half→see: clever ；

Half I Adv 副词 Time Past Phrase 短语