not halfBritish EnglishBrE spokenLOT/VERY MUCH used when you want to emphasize an opinion or statement 极其,非常 She doesn’t half talk once she gets started. 她只要一打开话匣子就没个完。
not half• Not three, not half a dozen, not a rifle platoon.• Likewise with Relevance: if B wants three bolts, he wants them now not half an hour later.• So he was not half as earnest and solemn as she had thought him.• But I prefer to see the glass as half full, not half empty.• It's not half so mysterious when you've got a horde of parents dragging screaming kids around it.• Yet not half so tiresome as a February expedition across the fens.• The game could really have been over by about 60 mins, if not half time.
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