half, half of
二者共同的意思是“一半”。
1.前者的意思是“一半(量)的”,是形容词; 后者的含意是“一半的量”,是量词。前者侧重于“物”; 后者侧重于“量”。
2.修饰名词时,用不用of都可,但在表示尺寸、数量的名词前,不可用of,在代词前一定要用of。
by half, by halves
前者的意思是“过分”,多半用于讽刺意味; 后者的意思是“不完全地”,多半用于否定句中。试比较下列两个句子:
That boy of yours is too clever by half.
你的那个孩子伶俐过了头。
Don't do it by halves.
不要半途而废。
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
真假参半的谎言最险恶.
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He owed me ￡１００ but could pay only half that amount.
他欠我100英镑,但是只能偿还总数的一半.
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They raised their output by more than half in less than three years.
不到三年,他们把产量提高了一半还多.
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I think if I get half of the assignment done by tomorrow, I am ahead of the game.
我想如果在明天之前我能获得一半的签名, 我将处于有利的地位.
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Half the prize money he spent, and the rest was laid aside for a rainy day.
他把获得的奖金花了一半, 另一半存起来以备不时之需.
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They hid themselves in the mountain for half a year.
他们躲在山里达半年之久.
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Half of these plots is devoted to raising improved seeds.
这些土地的一半被用来培育良种.
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He has gambled away half his fortune.
他赌博输掉了他一半的财产.
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If you drink with a bosom friend , a thousand cups are too few . If you argue with a man, half a sentence is too much.
酒逢知己千杯少, 话不投机半句多.
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Pay half now and the rest later.
现在付一半,剩下的以后再付.
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I met him half an hour ago.
我半小时前碰到他.
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The accident jammed up the traffic for half an hour.
意外事故使交通阻塞了半小时.
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England brought on a sub in the second half.
英国队下半场换上了一名替补队员.
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He had come half a dozen times to call upon his sister.
他曾来过五六次看他的姐姐.
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The plan to murder the president went off at half cock because the signal was given before It'should have been.
暗杀总统的计划操之过急,因为还没有到时候就发出了信号.
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If you'd given the job to me I could have done it in half the time.
你要是把活儿交给我,我早就做完了.
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Half the pleasure of coming home is finding out what's been happening while you were away.
回家的一大乐事在于发现自己不在时家里发生了什么事情.
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I cannot see you now, come back in half an hour.
我现在不能见你, 半小时后回来.
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Attention, please, don't go off at half cock.
请注意, 不要仓促行事.
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I've been chopping away for half an hour but the tree is still standing.
这树我砍了半小时,但还未把它砍倒.
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I saw with half an eye that all was over.
我一看就知道一切完了.
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Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income.
农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半.
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Half the stock remain unsold.
还剩一半库存未售出.
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Railway fares are reduced by half for children.
铁路旅费对儿童减半.
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It takes him half an hour to finish his homework every day.
他每天要用半小时完成作业.
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I have half a mind to move elsewhere.
我有点想搬到别处去.
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Place your bets now — the race begins in half an hour!
现在可以下赌注——赛事于半小时后开始.
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I spent half an hour searching through dictionaries for the meaning of that word.
我花了半个小时的时间在许多字典中寻找那个字的意义.
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The woodshed burned down in half an hour.
那间柴屋只半个小时就给烧光了.
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