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单词 halve
释义
halve
verb
uk
/hɑːv/us
/hæv/
[T]
toreducesomething byhalfordividesomething into twoequalpieces:
使减半；把…二等分
In the past eightyears, theelephantpopulationinAfricahas been halved.在过去的8年中，非洲大象的数量减少了一半。
Thepotatoeswillcookmorequicklyif you halve them before you put them in theoven.如果把土豆切成两半再放进烤箱，它们会熟得更快。
[I]
If something halves, it isreducedbyhalf:
减半
Theirprofitshave halved in the last sixmonths.在过去的6个月里，他们的利润减少了一半。
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(Definition ofhalvefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

halve| American Dictionary

halve
verb[T]
us
/hæv/
todividesomething into twoequalparts, or toreducesomething tohalfofitsoriginalsize,number, ordegree:
Thedoctordecidedto halve thedoseof thedrug.
(Definition ofhalvefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

halve| Business English

halve
verb[IorT]
uk
/hɑːv/us
toreduceanumberoramountby 50percent, or to bereducedby 50percent:
Canada, Japan, and the EU arecommittedto halvingglobalemissionsby 2050.
Pre-taxprofitsnearlyhalved lastyearto £14m.
halve the amount/number/cost of sthThe industry'srushofconsolidationin the lastdecadenearlyhalved thenumberofbanksin the U.S. to around 7,500.
(Definition ofhalvefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhalve

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However, the new sampling rate uses twice as many samples every second; therefore, the duration will be halved.
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As a result, the number of yeomen was halved.
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Each half eye was halved again on the horizontal meridian.
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Compared to period 3 the peaks of the author-based map are deprived of three-fourths of their former height; compared to period 4 they are halved.
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Figure 11 presents three computations with successively halved sizes of crosswise computing cells.
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I n other words, by halving (doubling) the eddy size (wavenumber) the characteristic correlation time is halved.
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If corrections for heteroplasmy are necessary, then these values have to be halved (see discussion of pedigree studies above).
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Apparently, the flesh had been stripped from the head before its deposition in the chamber, and probably before the blow that halved the occipital bone.
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The genetic variability is therefore expected to be halved in populations with very high frequencies of self-fertilization.
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Even then, overall child poverty is reduced by 1,650,000: roughly halved, not reduced to zero.
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Similarly, if the duration of carriage is halved to 4.5 months, then the average number of carriage episodes will double.
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When theflowis halved to 1.51/min/m2, blood pressure fell only slightly and, thus, the resistance increased dramatically.
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The death rate from strokes has almost halved since 1972, and there has also been a significant reduction in deaths from heart disease.
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One puts (on the counting surface) the 2 persons and the 3 persons "and one respectively halves them to subtract them from the" 5 persons.
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The crossed diagonal bracing indicates that the members pass over one another - or are they halved together?
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