half

“What's half of 96?” “48.”

“96的一半是多少？”“48。”

Roughly half (of) the class are Spanish and the others are a mixture of nationalities.

班上大约有一半是西班牙人，其余的则来自各个国家。

Cut the apple in half/into halves (= into two equal parts).

把这个苹果切成两半。

My little brother is half as tall as me/half my height.

我弟弟有我一半高。

half a dozen (= six) eggs

半打鸡蛋

Half of me would just like to give it all up and travel around the world (= partly I would like to, but partly I would not).

我有些想抛开一切去周游世界。

She was born in the latter half of the 18th century.

她生于18世纪后半叶。

The recipe tells you to use a pound and a half of butter.

菜谱上说要用1.5磅黄油。

She invited a lot of people to the party but half of them didn't turn up.

她邀请了很多人来参加聚会，但许多人都没有来。

I don't even know where she is half (of) the time.

很多情况下我甚至都不知道她在哪儿。

I'll meet you at half past nine (= 09.30 or 21.30).

我会在9点半见你。

I'll meet you at half seven (= half past seven).

我会在7点半见你。

He answered the door half naked.

他半裸着去开门。

I was half expecting to see her at the party.

我有点盼望在聚会上见到她。

I'm half inclined to take the job just because it's in Argentina.

我有点倾向于接受这份工作只因为它是在阿根廷。

He was being funny but I think he was half serious.

他表现得像在开玩笑，但我认为他是半当真的。

The bottle's half empty.

那个瓶子是半空的。

Shall we go halves on a bottle of champagne?

我们合买一瓶香槟好吗？

I'll go halves with you on a bottle of champagne.

我将与你合买一瓶香槟。

You can use just sugar, just honey, or half and half.

你可以只用糖，或者只用蜂蜜，或者一半糖一半蜂蜜。

A pint of lager and two halves, please.

来份一品脱的拉格啤酒和两份半品脱的。

Two (adults) and three halves to Manchester, please.

买两张去曼彻斯特的成人票和三张儿童半票。