1、The journey took her the better part of an hour.
旅程花去了她半個(gè)多小時(shí)。

2、The commander decided that discretion is the better part of valor.
指揮官決定不作無(wú)所謂的冒險(xiǎn)。

3、Father drank the better part of a bottle of whisky last night
昨晚父親喝了大半瓶威士忌酒。

4、Mr. B told his son not to do any risky things because discretion is the better part of valor.
先生告訴他兒子不要干冒險(xiǎn)的事，因?yàn)?/a>小心要比愚蠢的勇敢好。

5、It cost the better part of his pay.
這件東西花了他工資的一大半。

6、Real power for the first time in the better part of a century is no small bauble.
在大半個(gè)世紀(jì)，第一次獲得真正的權(quán)利并不是一間華而不實(shí)的事情。

7、We had been shipwrecked for the better part of a month.
我們的船只失事已經(jīng)有半個(gè)多月了。

8、Douglas: Now, we've been in contact for the better part of a fortnight.
道格拉斯：過(guò)去的兩周來(lái)我們一直在進(jìn)行接觸。

9、We have been waiting for the better part of an hour.
我們已等了大半個(gè)鐘頭。

10、The better part of sthbmore than half of sth
（某事物的）大半，多半

11、The technology to irradiate food has been around for the better part of a century.
在大半個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)輻照食品的技術(shù)變得愈加突出。

12、Strangely, this is how homes have been built in the U.S for the better part of a century.
奇怪的是，美國(guó)就是這樣建造住宅長(zhǎng)達(dá)大半個(gè)世紀(jì)。

13、The better part of valour is discretion.-Shakespeare
小心即大勇。--莎士比亞

14、A walled fortress has stood on this Moscow site for the better part of a thousand years.
這座有圍墻的城堡聳立在一千年來(lái)莫斯科最佳位置上。

15、I will not drive 80 miles per hour; as discretion is the better part of valor.
我開(kāi)車(chē)不超過(guò)時(shí)速80哩，因?yàn)?a href="/zaoju/020029.htm">謹(jǐn)慎要比冒險(xiǎn)好。

16、These four books suggest that mild panic might be the better part of wisdom.
這四本書(shū)暗示著輕微的恐慌也許是明智行為的大部分。

17、argued for the better part of an hour.
爭(zhēng)取了半個(gè)多小時(shí)的時(shí)間。

18、Father drank the better part of a bottle of whisky last night.
昨晚父親喝了大半瓶威士忌酒。

19、Discretion is the better part of valour.
好漢不吃眼前虧。

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