Phrase
one half
verb
二分之一
In use
One half of the cake was chocolate, and the other half was vanilla.
The recipe calls for one half of a lemon.
The discounted price is one half of the original price.
one half of [noun]
of 后面接被分割的整体。
One half of the students are from China.
一半的学生来自中国。
[number] and one half
用于表示带分数。
The recipe calls for three and one half cups of flour.
食谱需要三杯半面粉。
one half [unit]
直接修饰单位名词。
He ran one half mile in two minutes.
他两分钟跑了半英里。
Common mistakes
I ate half one apple.I ate one half of an apple.
中文说'一半'，但英语中分数表达是'one half'，语序不同；并且后接名词时需要加of。
I need one half cup of sugar.I need one half of a cup of sugar.
分数'one half'修饰可数名词单数时，必须用of结构：'one half of a + 名词'，不能直接放在名词前。
Connections
Confusing words
- half
- 一半 · one half是分数二分之一，half则泛指一半的量，不强调分数。
Word family
- half
- 一半 · n
- halve
- 平分 · v
- halfway
- 半途 · adv
- half-hearted
- 不热情的 · adj
- half-baked
- 不成熟的 · adj
Dictionary facts from BridgeDict normalized sources.