half /hɑːf/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  FRACTION Half of a number, an amount, or an object is one of two equal parts that together make up the whole number, amount, or object. 一半

  例：

  She wore a diamond ring worth half a million dollars.

  她戴了一枚价值50万美元的钻戒。

  例：

  More than half of all U.S. households are heated with natural gas.

  超过半数的美国家庭用天然气供暖。

• 2. 

  PREDET Half is also a predeterminer. 半

  例：

  We just sat and talked for half an hour or so.

  我们只是坐着谈了半小时左右。

  例：

  They had only received half the money promised.

  他们只收到了一半当初承诺的钱。

• 3. 

  ADJ Half is also an adjective. 一半的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a half measure of fresh lemon juice.

  …半量杯的新鲜柠檬汁。

• 4. 

  ADV You use half to say that something is only partly the case or happens to only a limited extent. 部分地; 有点儿

  例：

  His eyes were half closed.

  他的双眼半闭着。

  例：

  His refrigerator frequently looked half empty.

  他的冰箱经常看上去有点儿空。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT In games such as football, American football, rugby, and basketball, games are divided into two equal periods of time which are called halves. (球赛的) 半场

  例：

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

  这惟一的进球是雅各布森在下半场开始不久打进的。

• 6. 

  ADV 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. 一半…血统地 [ADV adj]

  例：

  She was half Italian and half English.

  她是一半意大利一半英国血统。

• 7. 

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

  例：

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

  “你打算什么时间吃午饭？”—“12:30，如果方便的话。”

• 8. 

  ADV You can use half before an adjective describing an extreme quality, as a way of emphasizing and exaggerating something. 半…的 [非正式] [ADV adj]

  例：

  He felt half dead with tiredness.

  他感觉累得半死。

• 9. 

  PREDET Half can also be used in this way with a noun referring to a long period of time or a large quantity. 半…的

  例：

  I thought about you half the night.

  我想了你半夜。

• 10. 

  ADV You use not half to emphasize a negative quality that someone has. 一点儿也不 [强调]

  例：

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

  你一点儿也不是你自认为的那种男人。

• 11. 

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

  例：

  She went halves on gas.

  她分摊了煤气费用。