| 单词 | the better part |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔MOST〕I expect the whole procedure to take the better part of a morning. 我预计整个过程将占用大半个上午。朗文写作活用〔better〕I spent the better part of a day on the phone.我花了大半天时间打电话。外研社新世纪〔better〕The watch cost the better part of his pay.买这只表花了他大部分工资。英汉大词典〔discretion〕Connie decided that discretion was the better part of valour and let the insult go unanswered.康妮决心谨慎为上, 没有理会那句辱骂。外研社新世纪〔discretion〕Discretion is the better part of valo(u)r.【谚】审慎是勇敢的主体（常常当作行为怯懦的借口）。文馨英汉〔discretion〕The manager decided that discretion was the better part of valour.经理决定不作无谓的冒险。英汉大词典〔inert〕He sat, dumbly inert, phone against his mouth for the better part of twenty minutes.20分钟里, 他大多时间都嘴对着电话, 一声不吭地呆坐着。外研社新世纪〔part〕He stared for the better part of a minute.他凝视了足有半分多钟。英汉大词典〔part〕I took the better part of valour and ran.我鼓足勇气狂奔。英汉大词典〔part〕It took us the better part of a week to finish the job.我们花了大半周时间才完成这项工作。韦氏高阶〔part〕The journey took her the better part of an hour.旅程花去了她半个多小时。牛津高阶〔part〕We spent the better part of an hour searching for her.我们花了近一小时时间找她。外研社新世纪〔part〕We've been waiting for the better part of an hour.我们已经等了大半个小时。韦氏高阶〔publish〕Mr. Meeri has been publishing for the better part of a decade.梅里先生在十年的大部分时间里都有作品问世。外研社新世纪〔the best/better part of〕I spent the better part of a day cleaning that kitchen! 我一天的大部分时间都花在清理那个厨房上了！剑桥高阶 |
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