1·One is not offered a beautiful princess and half a kingdom every day of one's life!
一位美丽的公主和半个王国，这真是千载难逢的机会！
2·It took me half a day to wash my clothes.
洗衣服花了我半天的时间。
3·I fasted for a day and a half and asked God to help me.
我禁食了一天半，请求上帝帮助我。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·I took a half day off yesterday.
昨天我休假半天。
—— 《牛津词典》
5·On average, a platypus eats as much food as half of its own weight every day.
一只鸭嘴兽平均每天要吃等于自己体重一半的食物。
6·We painted together every day. He presented me with half a dozen of his works, which are going to be in the exhibition.
我们每天一起画画。他给我看了半打他的画作，这些作品将会在这次展览中展出。
7·Time spent playing video games rose from under an hour a day to an hour and a half on average.
人们花在玩电子游戏上的时间从平均每天不到一小时增长到一个半小时。
8·The electric company, whose monopoly may be short lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman.
这家电力公司的垄断地位可能是短暂的，但突然之间，它要用户等半天才能找到修理工。
9·The electric company, whose monopoly may be short-lived, has suddenly mopped requiring users to wait half a day for a repairman.
这家电力公司的垄断地位可能是短暂的，但突然之间，它要用户等半天才能找到修理工。
10·This cat caught half-a-dozen mice every day for herself, for the old tower was full of rats and mice.
这只猫每天为自己捉六只老鼠，因为老塔里到处都是老鼠。