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“半个小时”怎么说?
“半个小时”不就是“half a hour”?
还真不是!!!
▲ 半个小时 half a hour ✖ half an hour ✔ ღ “a”用在辅音音素开头的单数可数名词前 ღ “an”则用在元音音素开头的单数可数名词前 【“hour”的音标[aʊr],是元音因素开头,所以要用“an hour” 】 ☆ The book was so dull that it had him into the land of nod in half an hour. 这本书枯燥无味,他看了不到半小时就睡着了。 关于“hour”的常用短语 ▲ the eleventh hour 十一点 ✖ 最后时刻 ✔ ☆ The news that our volleyball team had won the game came to us at the Eleventh hour. 最后时刻传来我们排球队胜利的喜讯。 ▲ happy hour 欢乐时光 ✖ 狂欢时段(酒吧的减价时段) ✔ 【很多酒吧、餐厅在高峰之前,都会有一段特定的时间酒水优惠,所以“happy hour”还有“商品打折时间”的意思】 ☆ Blow off work and let's go to happy hour! 把工作丢一边,我们出去狂欢! ☆ They have happy hour between midnight and2 am. 他们在午夜到凌晨2点有减价时段。 ▲ zero hour 零点 ✖ 关键时刻 ✔ ☆ Get your equipment ready, it's coming up to zero hour. 把你们的器材准备好,开始行动的关键时刻到了。 ▲ rush hour/ peak hour 交通高峰期 ☆ The cars trickled through the city at peak hour. 在上下班高峰期城里车辆移动缓慢。