| 单词 | by half |
| 例句 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔INTELLIGENT〕Phil's good at thinking up excuses for his behaviour - he's too clever by half. 菲尔很会为他的行为编造借口，他有点聪明过头了。朗文写作活用〔automate〕In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half.过去的10年里，自动化使这里的工人总数减少了一半。柯林斯高阶〔backstitch〕A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths.回针缝：在先前缝的一针中间加缝的一针，以便使针脚的交错重叠为原来长度的一半美国传统〔be too clever by half〕She was too clever by half - always correcting the teacher or coming back with a smart answer.她未免聪明过头了——总爱纠正老师或者回答问题时耍耍小聪明。剑桥高阶〔be/go down to ten men〕By half time, the team was down to ten men after the captain was sent off.到下半场时，在队长被罚下场后，全队不得不以十人应战。剑桥高阶〔cleverly〕His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.崇拜他的人很多说他聪明;恨他的人则说他聪明过了头。柯林斯高阶〔clever〕He's too clever by half, if you ask me(= it annoys me or makes me suspicious).恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。牛津高阶〔clever〕His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.他的许多仰慕者说他很聪明, 而他的敌人认为他精明过了头。外研社新世纪〔comfortable〕By half distance we held a comfortable two-lap lead.到半程时，我们轻松领先两圈。柯林斯高阶〔comfortable〕By half distance we held a comfortable two-lap lead.到半程时, 我们以两圈优势遥遥领先。外研社新世纪〔cut〕The drug has been shown to cut the risk of heart attack by half.这种药已被证明可以将心脏病发作的风险降低一半。韦氏高阶〔dot〕Music A mark after a note indicating an increase in time value by half.【音乐】 顿音标记，附点：音符后面的标记，表明增加半拍美国传统〔early〕John's idea of an early start is being up by half past ten.约翰所谓的早起就是在10点半起床。外研社新世纪〔electricity〕Insulating your house could cut your electricity bill by half.给房子加上隔热装置可减少一半的电费。牛津搭配〔front〕By half time the Italians were well in front.半场时意大利队遥遥领先。剑桥高阶〔half〕Costs rose by half.成本增加了 50%。牛津搭配〔half〕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。柯林斯高阶〔half〕He is too clever by half.他聪明过头了。英汉大词典〔half〕He's too clever by half.他聪明过头了。外研社新世纪〔half〕It helped to reduce street violence by half.那有助于街头暴力行为的大幅度减少。英汉大词典〔half〕She is the better singer by half.她是一位高明得多的歌手。英汉大词典〔half〕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。柯林斯高阶〔half〕The play is too long by half.这出戏太长了。英汉大词典〔half〕We'll need to reduce the weight by half.我们得把重量减轻一半。牛津高阶〔half〕You need to cut your food intake by half.你需要将食物摄入量减半。外研社新世纪〔impetuous〕The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.州长现在可能后悔她轻率地许诺要将失业人数减少一半。剑桥高阶〔intelligent〕He's too clever by half, if you ask me.恕我直言，他未免聪明过头了。牛津高阶〔liquid〕Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half.煮20分钟，直到液体体积减半。柯林斯高阶〔liquid〕Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half.煮20分钟, 直到液体剩一半。外研社新世纪〔past〕I should be finished by half past (=30 minutes after the hour) .我应该在半点的时候才能完成。朗文当代〔per cent〕Interest rates will rise by half of one per cent.利率将提高0.5%。外研社新世纪〔percentage point〕Interest rates have been cut by half a percentage point.利率减少了0.5个百分点。麦克米伦高阶〔reduce〕Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half.用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。柯林斯高阶〔reduce〕Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half.用小平底锅炖, 收一半汤汁。外研社新世纪〔reduce〕The workforce has been reduced by half.职工人数已减少一半。朗文当代〔slash〕The workforce has been slashed by half.职工人数裁减了一半。牛津高阶〔tailwind〕A tailwind had cut the flying time by half an hour.由于顺风，飞行时间缩短了半小时。柯林斯高阶〔top〕He tops his father by half a head.他比他父亲高出半个头。英汉大词典By half time Argentina had whittled the gap down to one goal.到半场结束时，阿根廷队已将差距缩小到了一球。剑桥国际Computerisation should enable us to cut production costs by half.电脑化可以使我们将生产成本减少一半。剑桥国际Denmark's central bank cut its rates by half a point.丹麦的中央银行削减利率 0.5 个点。牛津商务He cut his costs by half. 他削减掉一半的开支。译典通Last week, the airline cut its overseas service by half because of a sharp reduction in traffic.因乘客大量减少，上星期这家航空公司减掉了一半的海外航班。剑桥国际The Bank of England has cut interest rates by half a percentage point.英格兰银行已削减半个百分点的利率。牛津商务The Prime Minister may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.首相现在可能后悔她冲动地许诺了要将失业人数减少一半。剑桥国际The airline has cut its overseas service by half because of a sharp reduction in traffic.这家航空公司因运输量骤减而削减了一半海外服务。剑桥国际The budget has been chopped by half. 预算被砍了一半。译典通The car manufacturers are planning to cut their labour force by half.汽车制造公司计划削减一半员工。剑桥国际The company's share price has dropped by half since April.公司股价自四月份以来下跌了一半。牛津商务We have reduced our supplier base (= the number of companies that supply us) by half over the last year. 去年我们将供应商数量减少了一半。牛津商务 |
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