The crowd, which had been thin for the first half of the race, had now grown considerably.

上半场比赛时观众稀稀拉拉的，现在则大大增多了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The first half of the game was pretty dull.

上半场比赛打得十分沉闷。

《牛津词典》

Arsenal dominated the first half of the match.

阿森纳队在上半场比赛中占据上风。

《牛津词典》

During the first half of the nineteenth century, leaders of the United States could find no answer to the question of slavery.

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In the first half of 2009, the army special forces company I was with repeatedly try to interdict Taliban.

009年的上半年，我跟随着一个特种部队,我们屡次想要阻断塔利班分子。

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So, the first half of the class is going to be concerned with questions about the nature of death.

所以，课程的前半部分将会集中在,死亡本质的问题上。

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Project Ophelia will be available in the first half of 2013 from Dell Cloud Client Computing.

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As a result, a 1% schedule reduction has been extended through the first half of November.

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For the first half of 2008 those costs were up 40% from 12 months before.

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