by half的意思|示意
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by half的用法详解
英语单词by half的用法讲解
by half是一个英语非常常见的短语表达,可以帮助你快速表达数量的一半。它的意思是“减半,减少一半”。
by half可以用于不同的语境,表达不同的意思。
一般用法:
在描述数量上,最常用的用法就是by half。此时by half均表示减半,使数量减少到一半,即减少一半。例如:
I asked the staff to reduce the workload by half.
我要求员工将工作量减半。
He cut the price of the tickets by half.
他将票价减半。
另一种用法:
by half也可以用于表达像“大大减少”“极大程度”之类的意思,而不必非要是减半的意思,只是表示“非常极大的程度”。例如:
We cut our dependence on foreign oil by half.
我们将对外国石油的依赖减少了一半。
The population of this small town has decreased by half in the past five years.
在过去的五年中,这个小镇的人口减少了一半。
总结:
by half在描述数量时,一般来说表达减半的意思,但也可以表示“极大程度”的意思。
by half相关短语
1、 Reduce order by half 削减订单,增添订单
2、 Too Clever by Half 聪明过头
3、 Divide-by-Half Troubleshooting 半分故障处理
4、 reduce by half 减少一半,折半,减半,打一半的折扣
5、 Too by half 聪明过了头
6、 be too clever by half 聪明过头
7、 Not Enough By Half 没有足够一半
8、 multicycle controlled by half-cycle 按半周进行的多周期控制
9、 measles mortality reduced by half 把麻疹死亡率降低,最大限度地保证免疫注射安全,使一年两次获得维生素A补充剂的覆盖率达到,到
by half相关例句
Doctors aim to cut the number of women dying from cervical cancer by half this decade.
医生们这十年的目标在于使死于宫颈癌的妇女人数减少一半。
The article is too long and should be cut down by half.
这篇稿子太长,得砍去一半.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.
将进食量减半对任何人来说都是件非常难的事。
柯林斯例句
In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half.
在过去的10年中,自动化已经减少了这里一半的劳动力。
We accept your offer only with the quantity reduced by half.
只要数量减半,敝公司接受贵公司的报盘.
辞典例句
When he reached the flat by half - past five, it was still dark.
当他5点半钟回到公寓时, 屋里还是黑的.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
In the last ten years automation has reduced the work force here by half.
在过去的10年中,自动化已经减少了这里一半的劳动力。
辞典例句
The budget has been chopped by half.
预算被砍了一半.
辞典例句