better half

英 [ˌbetə ˈhɑːf]

美 [ˌbetər ˈhæf]

n. 另一半(指配偶或恋人)

牛津词典

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Yes, you'd better walk for half an hour every day.
是的，你最好每天散步半小时。
Better be half hanged than ill wed.
宁做单身汉，不结恶姻缘。
She is the better novelist by half.
她是一个非常杰出的小说家。
I told him he must play hard because his better half is watching him.
我告诉过邓军，他必须好好打，因为他那口子现在正瞧着他。
Better half an egg than empty shell.
半只蛋也比空壳好。
Better than half the class was absent.
多一半课时没学生。
Tom: You mean they are tired of their better half?
你意思是说他们对他们的另一半厌倦了？
In the whole straw covered treatment, the yield and quality of Chuanxiong by the double and the middle amount were better than half the amount of covering.
整草覆盖各处理，川芎产量和品质倍量和中量覆盖处理优于半量处理，产投比却中量高于半量，倍量最低。
His better half is a teacher.
他的妻子是位教师。
All the supporting systems of his life, including his parents, friends or his better half can only help him to better face his own life, and they can never replace his own life.
所有的亲情，友情和爱情其实都是为了帮助一个人更好的去独自面对自己的人生，而不是去代替他自己的人生。