half的中文翻譯是什麼意思

FRACTION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.

• They need an extra two and a half thousand pounds to complete the project...

  他們還需要2,500英鎊才能完成該專案。

• More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000...

  半數以上的家庭申報收入超過35,000英鎊。

ADV部分地;在某種程度上;有點

You use half to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent.

• His eyes were half closed...

  他雙眼半閉。

• His refrigerator frequently looked half empty...

  他的冰箱裡經常半空著。

N-COUNT（足球、橄欖球、籃球比賽等的）半場，半時，半局

In games such as football, rugby, and basketball, matches are divided into two equal periods of time which are called halves.

• The only goal was scored by Jakobsen early in the second half.

  唯一的一粒進球是由雅各布森在下半場剛開始時打進的。

N-COUNT（啤酒、蘋果酒等的）半品脫

A half is half a pint of a drink such as beer or cider.

• ...a half of lager and a sandwich.

  半品脫淡啤酒和一份三明治

N-COUNT(兒童乘坐公共汽車或火車時的）半（價）票

A half is a half-price bus or train ticket for a child.

ADV一半…血統地

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.

• She was half Italian and half English.

  她是半義大利半英國血統。

PREP-PHRASE（時間）…點半

You use half past to refer to a time that is thirty minutes after a particular hour.

• 'What time were you planning lunch?'—'Half past twelve, if that's convenient.'...

  “你打算什麼時候吃午飯？”“如果方便的話，12點半。”

• I think I got there about four and left about half past.

  我想我是4點鐘左右到達那裡，大約半個小時後離開的。

PREP同 half past

Half means the same as half past .

• They are supposed to be here at about half four.

  他們應該在4點半左右到達這裡。

ADV（用於形容詞前，表示強調或誇張）非常，極其

You can use half before an adjective describing an extreme quality, as a way of emphasizing and exaggerating something.

• He felt half dead with tiredness...

  他已經累得半死不活了。

• All this time I've been half sick about you and why you wouldn't write.

  我一直非常擔心你，一直在想你為什麼不來信。

ADV（有時用在否定句中，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.

• You don't half sound confident...

  你聽起來非常有信心。

• I didn't half get into trouble...

  我遇到了大麻煩。

ADV一點也不;差得遠

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.

• You're not half the man you think you are...

  你根本不是你自己想象的那種人。

• Poor old Henry, and not half as clever as he'd thought.

  可憐的老亨利，以為自己多聰明。

PHRASE非常…的;更…的;非同尋常的

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.

• It becomes clear that Montgomerie has a job and half on his hands.

  很顯然，蒙哥馬利手頭有一大堆事情要做。

PHRASE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.

• I was worried that my career, my children and my other half might become too much to cope with.

  我擔心我的事業、我的孩子們和我的那口子可能會讓我應付不過來。

PHRASE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.

• The number of 7 year olds who read poorly has increased by half over the past 5 years...

  不識字的7歲兒童的人數在過去5年裡增加了一半。

• Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.

  將進食量減半對任何人來說都是件非常難的事。

PHRASE做事不認真;做事馬虎

If you say that someone never does things by halves, you mean that they always do things very thoroughly.

• In Italy they rarely do things by halves. Designers work thoroughly, producing the world's most wearable clothes in the most beautiful fabrics.

  在義大利，人們很少馬虎從事。設計師們精益求精，用最美麗的布料製造出世界上最適合穿著的衣服。

PHRASE（兩人）平均分攤，平分（費用）

If two people go halves, they divide the cost of something equally between them.

• He's constantly on the phone to his girlfriend. We have to go halves on the phone bill which drives me mad.

  他總和女友煲電話粥。令我抓狂的是電話費可是我們倆平攤的。