'half-.sister n[C] a sister who is the daughter of only one of your parents →half-brother
1. Because of her inherent carelessness, I doubt my sister can ever be a good driver. 由于天生的粗心大意,我怀疑妹妹无法成为一位好驾驶员。
2. But my sister bought this pair last month. 但是,我姐姐上个月买到了这样的一双。
3. By comparison, nearly half of male high-school students express their preference for a traditional, male-headed, one provider, nuclear family, where the wife stays home as mother and housewife. 与此相比, 几乎有一半男中学生表达了他们对传统的、以男人为家长的、只有一个人养家糊口的核心家庭的偏爱,在这种家庭里妻子作为母亲和家庭主妇呆在家里。
4. But for over half of his screen career, Chaplin had no screen voice to confirm his British nationality. 而在卓别林大半的银幕生涯中,银幕上的他是不出声的,也就无法证明他是英国人。
5. But a single optical fiber with a diameter of less than half a millimeter can carry more information than a large cable made of copper wires. 但是单单一根直径小于半毫米的光纤电缆就可以比由铜丝制成的粗电缆负载更多的信息。
6. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table- cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery . 你接电话时,小孩把桌布扯下来了,把你最好的陶器打碎了一半.
7. We have been in the institute for five months and a half. 我们在这个学院已有五个半月了。
8. Well begun is half done. 好的开端是成功的一半。
9. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white. 半小时后,当他从屋里出来时,他惊奇地发现小黑羔羊全身几乎都变成白色。
10. Work on it had begun before my sister left. 这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了,