1、argued for the better part of an hour.
爭取了半個多小時的時間。

2、I will not drive 80 miles per hour; as discretion is the better part of valor.
我開車不超過時速80哩，因為謹(jǐn)慎要比冒險好。

3、The journey took her the better part of an hour.
旅程花去了她半個多小時。

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

5、The commander decided that discretion is the better part of valor.
指揮官決定不作無所謂的冒險。

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

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

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

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

10、We have been waiting for the better part of an hour.
我們已等了大半個鐘頭。

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

12、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莫斯科最佳位置上。

13、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的事，因為小心要比愚蠢的勇敢好。

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

15、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。

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

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

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