325 half the month还是the half month
① 表示“一半”,要说half of the/a…。“half the/a month”为“half of the/a month”的省略形式。当half作形容词用时,冠词应放在half与名词之间。如:
half the year 半年
half the time 一半时间
half the eggs 一半鸡蛋
half an hour 半小时
half a day 半天
half a mile 半里路
half a glass of beer 半杯啤酒
② 但是,“半年”也可说成six months,“半个月”也可说成fifteen days或two weeks,“半个小时”可以说成thirty minutes,“一个半小时”可以说成an hour and a half或one and a half hours,“两个半小时”则是two hours and a half或two and a half hours。
提示
half后的介词of常可省略,但名词前的不定冠词(a,an)或所有格(his,our…)不可省。
He drank half glass of milk.
He drank half(of)a glass of milk.
他喝了半杯牛奶。
Half(of)his money was stolen. 他一半的钱被人偷走了。