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1. The first steam locomotive, introduced in1825, had a top speed of only thirteen mph, and the great sailing ships of the time laboured a long at less than half that speed.
1825年推出的第十辆蒸汽机最大速度每小时仅为13英里，而那时的大帆船行驶得更慢，还不到这个速度的一半。
2. A good beginning is half the battle.
[谚]好的开端等于成功一半。
3. Half the fruit crop froze out in the sudden cold.
一半的水果作物在突如其来的寒流中被冻死。
4. Half of the vegetable freeze out in the sudden cold.
一半的蔬菜在突如其来的寒凉中冻死了。
5. Keep on past the church; the stadium is about half a mile further on.
一直向前走过了教堂，约莫半英里就是体育场。
6. Michael rolled up half an hour earlier.
万克尔提前半小时到达。
7. No goals were scored in the first half.
上半场未能进球。
8. England were leading France15-0 at half time.
上半场英国队以十五比零领先法国队。
9. The next contestant surprised me. She made139 jumps in half a minute.
下一个参加比赛的人使我吃惊，她在半分钟之中跳了139下(指跳绳)。
10. The second or last half of an inning.
下半场一局中的第二或最后半场
11. After half an hour, his patience began to wear out.
不到半小时后，他开始有点忍耐不住了。
12. Better be half hanged than ill wed.
与其成怨偶，不如守单身。
13. The two fighters battled for half an hour.
两个拳击手战斗了半小时。
14. In order to conclude business, how about to meet us half way?
为了达成交易，我们互相折衷，怎么样？
15. Half the road surface is being taken up to lay new gas pipes.
人们挖开半个路面以铺设新的煤气管道。
16. Half our mistake in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and think where we ought to fall.
人生中的许多过失，有一半是由于我们在应该思考之处而只注重感受、应该感受之处却沉缅于思考而产生的。
17. At one time you could go to the pictures for half a crown(121/2 pence).
从前有个时期，你可以花上半个克朗(12。5便士)看上一场电影。
18. It takes half an hour to walk from here to the school.
从这里走到学校需要半小时。
19. He seems to spend half his time hanging round art galleries and museums.
他一半的时间似乎是在美术馆和博物馆闲逛掉的。
20. He's been lucky all his life and has never had to find out how the other half lives.
他享了一辈子的福，从来不知道穷人生活的滋味。
21. He knocked out a plan in half an hour.
他半小时就草草订出一个计划来。
22. He can fling off a poem in half an hour.
他可以在半小时之内草就一首诗。
23. He fouled the same player again in the second half.
他在下半场对同一运动员再次犯规。
24. He managed to finish the race, unlike more than half of the competitors.
他在比赛中坚持跑完了全程，不像大部分选手那样半途而废。
25. He contribute half of his savings to the relief fund.
他将积蓄的一半捐献给救济基金会。
26. He got paint on his hand; he has scrubbed away for half an hour.
他手上沾了油漆，他已擦洗了半个小时了。
27. He was paying out half his profits as protection.
他把所得利润的一半交给歹徒作为保护费。
28. He is a good horn player, but it takes him half the evening to get hot.
他是一个很好的小号演奏者，但是要花半个晚上才能够兴奋起来。
29. He had a lot to explain, and no time for more than a short meeting. Thus a lengthy briefing had to be telescoped into half an hour.
他有许多要说明的，但又没时间开长会，所以只好把一份长汇报削短成半小时的简介。
30. His hair hung to his shoulders, a full beard obscured half of his face; his massive arms and chest were covered with tattoos.
他的头发一直垂到肩膀，浓密的胡子几乎遮住了半张脸。在他粗壮的胳膊和厚实的胸膛上刺着文身。
31. His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest.
他的答覆看来是半开玩笑半认真的。
32. Some painter he is! I could have done the job myself, in half the time, and far better too.
他算什么画家！这样的东西我用一半时间就能画出来，而且还好得多。
33. He offered me fifty pounds for the painting; and the beauty of it was that he never recognized it as the same one that he had sold to me for half that amount a year of two previously.
他给我50镑要了那幅油画，而最令人发噱的是他一点也认不出那是他一两年前以一半的价钱卖给我的那一幅。
34. It took him half an hour to finish the work.
他花了半个小时做完这项工作。
35. He says he will check back in half an hour.
他说半个小时後再联系。
36. But the harsh words of the father in a drunken moment of excessive ancestral pride cause a dignified departure with the conciliatory donation of half her means of subsistence and the intimation that she is rejoining her husband.
但父亲在一次酒后的刺耳话语中说了一些有关家世过分骄矜的话，使苔丝傲然离开了家。她把自己一半的生活费留给父母，并告诉他们她要去找丈夫团聚。
37. The assignment is few enough to be finished within half an hour.
作业很少，足能在半小时内完成。
38. Did I enjoy the show? Not half!
你喜欢这出戏吗？太喜欢啦！
39. Do you realize that all of these shirts are half off?
你知道这些衬衫都卖半价了吗？
40. Given half a chance I'd give up my present job and join a circus.
假使有一点机会，我也要辞去现在的工作去参加马戏团。
41. Pain affecting one half of the body.
偏侧痛影响身体某个半边的疼痛
42. People like me are constantly on the listen with half an ear for something.
像我这样的人，老是分出一半注意力耳听八方。
43. The four and a half per cent bonds are in request.
利息四厘五的债券需求量大。
44. Cut a payroll; cut a budget; cut the cooking time in half.
削减员工数; 削减预算; 把做饭时间缩短一半
45. Half the men in the office have designs on my secretary.
办公室里有一半男子对我的秘书有不良企图。
46. A British coin worth one half of a new penny.
半便士一种英国硬币，币值是新版便士的一半
47. Half of them are here.
半数人来了。
48. Buses to Oxford run every half hour.
去牛津的公共汽车每半小时开一班。
49. Another half hour pass.
又是半小时过去了。
50. The other team, holding the whip hand, seemed to relax midway through the first half.
另一支球队控制了场面，所以整个上半场的比赛显得很轻松。
51. Only after a century and a half of confusion is the royal authority restored.
只是在一个半世纪的混乱之后，皇权又得以恢复。
52. But I saw him myself in a disco as large as life, dancing with a girl half his age.
可是我在一家迪斯科舞会上亲眼看到他，千真万确，他在和一个年龄只他一半大的姑娘跳舞。
53. Although he seemed thin and undersized compared with his cousins, he was really as hard as nails and didn't fall ill half as often as they did.
和堂兄弟们相比，他看上去好像又瘦又矮小，实际上他身体好像又瘦又矮小，实际上他身体非常强壮，生病的次数比他们少多了。
54. Out of 36 children, half passed.
在36个儿童中，有半数合格。
55. The referee ordered Johnson off in the second half for kicking another player.
在下半场约翰逊踢人犯规，裁判罚他退场。
56. During the business depression half the machines in the factory lay idle.
在商业萧条时期，这工厂的机器半数闲置在那里。
57. A satyr is half man and half goat in Greek and Roman mythology.
在希腊和罗马神话中，森林之神是半人半羊的样子。
58. Half the regiment fell before the enemy onslaught.
在敌军猛攻下，这个团有一半人阵亡了。
59. She reckoned she had cut her cost by half.
她估计她减少了一半的费用。
60. She always makes such a meal of it I could do it in half the time!
她总是过於认真--要让我做，一半时间就够了！
61. Taking hold of me, she locked onto me for half and hour.
她抓住我，紧紧靠在我身上半个多小时。
62. She dragged herself out of bed, still half asleep.
她挣扎着起了床,还是睡眼惺忪。
63. She's my better half.
她是我的贤内助。
64. She's keen and I'm sure she'll succeed given half a chance.
她聪明机智，只要有点儿机会我肯定她会成功。
65. She spent half as much money as you.
她花掉的钱只有你花掉的一半。
66. Well begun is half done.
好的开端是成功的一半。
67. How many executives can work reasonably effectively unless they are half cut?
如果不喝得个半醉不醉的话，有多少位经理能在工作上取得合情合理的成绩呢？
68. If she would only pull her finger out, we would get the job finished in half the time.
如果他努力干，我们只用一半的时间就可以完成这项工作了。
69. If he would only get his finger out we would get the job done in half the time.
如果他能不再浪费时间，迅速开始工作，我们就可以用一半的时间把工作做完。
70. If we wire into this job we shall be finished by half past ten.
如果我们抓紧干，10点半前就可以干完。
71. If our life together proves half as rosy as you predict, we'll be well content!
如果我们未来的生活能被你的美好的祝辞言中一半，我们也就心满意足了！
72. If I have company on the way, the walk to the village seems to take only half the time.
如果路上我有人同行，步行到那个村子就只要用很短的时间。
73. An infallible remedy for toothache: wash the root if an aching tooth in vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the sun.
对牙痛的一项万无一失的疗法是：把作痛的一根牙齿放进醋里洗净利，然后置于阳光下半小时使之晒干。
74. Be careful of that fellow; he'll swindle you if he gets half a chance.
对那家伙要当心一点，他只要有丁点机会，就会骗你的钱财。
75. Half hour intervals were allowed for meals.
工作用餐时间规定为半小时。
76. A good begin is half the battle.
开头好等于成功了一半。
77. The train to Beijing will depart from platform 3 in half an hour.
开往北京的火车将于半小时后从三站台开出。
78. I always know what I want when I go shopping and then when I get to the supermarket half the things have gone out of my mind.
当我去采购时，我总记着要买些什么，但一踏进超级市场，要买什么已忘了一大半。
79. By paying half the rent of her flat Peter has carried Ida in his pocket.
彼得每月为艾达支付公寓套房的一半租金，从而使她完全受自己支配。
80. Mr White keeps fit by working out for half an hour every morning.
怀特先生每天早晨锻炼半个小时以保持健康。
