halves
[hɑ:vz]
n. 一半
名词half的复数形式
例句与用法：
Two halves of bitter, please.
请来两份半品脱苦啤酒。
He's not a man who does things by halves -- either he donates a huge sum to a charity or he gives nothing.
他这个人做事一不做二不休--向慈善事业捐款不捐则已，一捐就是一大笔。
The two halves of the structure didn't marry up.
该结构的两部分未配合好。
I broke the chocolate into halves here's your half.
我把巧克力掰成两半--这一半给你。
That was an expensive meal let's go halves.
那顿饭花了不少钱--费用咱们均摊吧。
A child must never do anything by halves.
小孩做事不可半途而废。
Let me go halves with you in the taxi fare.
让我和你平均负担车费。
Never do things by halves.
[谚]凡事不可半途而废。
词形变化：
动词过去式: halved | 动词过去分词: halved | 动词现在分词: halving | 动词第三人称单数: halves |
(half的复数)
halveshalves[hɑ:vz]1.■half 的复数
- plural form of half
half 的复数
halves
名词 half:
one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval
同义词：half
动词 halve:
divide by two; divide into halves
同义词：halve
halves
■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。
■Never do things by halves.
[谚]凡事不可半途而废。
■A good beginning is half the battle.
[谚]好的开端等于成功一半。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■Michael rolled up half an hour earlier.
万克尔提前半小时到达。
■No goals were scored in the first half.
上半场未能进球。
■England were leading France15-0 at half time.
上半场英国队以十五比零领先法国队。
■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)。
■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。
■Better be half hanged than ill wed.
与其成怨偶，不如守单身。
■The two fighters battled for half an hour.
两个拳击手战斗了半小时。
■The intermission between halves in certain games, such as basketball or football.
中场休息在诸如篮球、足球等比赛项目的上、下半场间的休息
■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？
■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。
■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。
■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。
■It takes half an hour to walk from here to the school.
从这里走到学校需要半小时。
■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。
■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。
■He knocked out a plan in half an hour.
他半小时就草草订出一个计划来。
■He can fling off a poem in half an hour.
他可以在半小时之内草就一首诗。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■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。
■His reply was taken half seriously, half in jest.
他的答覆看来是半开玩笑半认真的。
■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。
■It took him half an hour to finish the work.
他花了半个小时做完这项工作。
■He says he will check back in half an hour.
他说半个小时後再联系。
■He's not a man who does things by halves -- either he donates a huge sum to a charity or he gives nothing.
他这个人做事一不做二不休--向慈善事业捐款不捐则已，一捐就是一大笔。
■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。
■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。
■Did I enjoy the show? Not half!
你喜欢这出戏吗？太喜欢啦！
■Do you realize that all of these shirts are half off?
你知道这些衬衫都卖半价了吗？
■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。
■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。
■The four and a half per cent bonds are in request.
利息四厘五的债券需求量大。
■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。
■Half of them are here.
半数人来了。
■Do nothing by halves.
半途而废，前功尽弃。
■Buses to Oxford run every half hour.
去牛津的公共汽车每半小时开一班。
■Another half hour pass.
又是半小时过去了。
■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。
■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。