1. He looked very well, though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk. 它看上去一切正常,只是口渴得很,喝了半瓶牛奶。
2. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. 他将来挣的钱只有他现在的一半。不过他觉得,地位升高了,损失点儿钱也值得。
3. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home. 去商店买东西把她搞得筋疲力尽;在回家的路上,她每走一步,就感到手里的篮子又重了一点。
4. Half a pound of coffee. 半磅咖啡、
5. He goes to bed at half past ten. 十点半睡觉。
6. Here too cotton is grown, for which Egypt is rightly famous. 这里也种植棉花,埃及正是以盛产棉花而闻名遐迩。
7. He began to reckon up his time: he started on Monday and today was Friday; five days, from seven to five, less half an hour for breakfast and an hour for dinner, eight and a half hours a day -- forty-two hours and a half in all. 他开始计算自己的工钱:他从星期一开始干活,今天是星期五,共五天,早七点到下午五点,除去不到半小时的早饭时间,一个小时的午饭时间,一天干八个半小时,一共是四十二个半小时。
8. Her husband, already half undressed, asked: 她丈夫的衣服已经脱了一半,问道:
9. Half the people on the ship came down with typhoid, and the destination had to be changed from Mexico to Venezuela. 船上半数人因伤寒病躺下了,于是目的地只好从墨西哥改为委内瑞拉。
10. Here we have a little child, without knowledge or experience; there a grown-up person with fully developed mental powers. 一边是一个既无知识又无经验的儿童;另一边是一个思维功能已经完全的成人。