“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。
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