the better part造句

1、The journey took her the better part of an hour.
旅程花去了她半个多小时。

2、The commander decided that discretion is the better part of valor.
指挥官决定不作无所谓的冒险。

3、Father drank the better part of a bottle of whisky last night
昨晚父亲喝了大半瓶威士忌酒。

4、Mr. B told his son not to do any risky things because discretion is the better part of valor.
先生告诉他儿子不要干冒险的事，因为小心要比愚蠢的勇敢好。

5、It cost the better part of his pay.
这件东西花了他工资的一大半。

6、Real power for the first time in the better part of a century is no small bauble.
在大半个世纪，第一次获得真正的权利并不是一间华而不实的事情。

7、We had been shipwrecked for the better part of a month.
我们的船只失事已经有半个多月了。

8、Douglas: Now, we've been in contact for the better part of a fortnight.
道格拉斯：过去的两周来我们一直在进行接触。

9、We have been waiting for the better part of an hour.
我们已等了大半个钟头。

10、The better part of sthbmore than half of sth
（某事物的）大半，多半

11、The technology to irradiate food has been around for the better part of a century.
在大半个世纪以来辐照食品的技术变得愈加突出。

12、Strangely, this is how homes have been built in the U.S for the better part of a century.
奇怪的是，美国就是这样建造住宅长达大半个世纪。

13、The better part of valour is discretion.-Shakespeare
小心即大勇。--莎士比亚

14、A walled fortress has stood on this Moscow site for the better part of a thousand years.
这座有围墙的城堡耸立在一千年来莫斯科最佳位置上。

15、I will not drive 80 miles per hour; as discretion is the better part of valor.
我开车不超过时速80哩，因为谨慎要比冒险好。

16、These four books suggest that mild panic might be the better part of wisdom.
这四本书暗示着轻微的恐慌也许是明智行为的大部分。

17、argued for the better part of an hour.
争取了半个多小时的时间。

18、Father drank the better part of a bottle of whisky last night.
昨晚父亲喝了大半瓶威士忌酒。

19、Discretion is the better part of valour.
好汉不吃眼前亏。

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