for the better part of的意思

for the better part of中文翻譯：

大部分的

相似詞語短語

the better part of───大多數，大半個；更好的部分；一大半

for the part───對于零件

for the better───好轉，向好的方向發展

the better of───最好的

the part of───部分

better for───更好；對……更有益

part for───零件

for better───為了更好

the part───部分

雙語使用場景

We’ve known we could do this for the better part of 15 years,’ he added.───我們已經知道，這30年有15年我們能夠做得更好，”他補充說。

Douglas: Now, we've been in contact for the better part of a fortnight.───道格拉斯：過去的兩周來我們一直在進行接觸。

For the better part of a century, most biologists have been reluctant to use those words, mindful of a principle of evolution that says "evolution cannot run backwards".───在大半個世紀里，大多數生物學家都不愿使用這些詞，因為他們牢記著一條進化論的原則，即“進化不能倒退”。

For the better part of the past two decades, Americans have been living in a state of willful optimism about our financial future.───在過去20年的大部分時間里，對于自己的金融前景，美國人一直抱有一種肆意樂觀的態度。

He pulled me aside and sat me down in his office where he told me stories and jokes for the better part of half an hour.───他把我拉到一旁并一起到他辦公室小坐，在那里我們聊了大半個小時。

Our estimate was that it would not occur for the better part of a year.───我們估計在大半年內它不會出現。

After sleeping around for the better part of my 20s, it somehow occurred to me that I wasn't giving everyone a fair shot.───在沉睡過我20妙齡的較好部分后，不知怎的，我突然想到，我沒有對每個人給予公平。

Even today, people holed up in windowless offices before glowing computer screens may not see their fellows for the better part of each day.───即使在今天，在沒有窗戶的辦公室的在閃爍的計算機屏幕前的人們，可能看不到每一天他們同事的更好的部分。

The question of how many rocky worlds exist in the galaxy has perplexed astronomers for the better part of a century.───在大半個世紀里，銀河系有多少巖石星球的問題一直困惑著天文學家們。

英語使用場景

"This virus most likely has been circulating under the radar in pigs for the better part of 10 years," Worobey, who specializes in tracking viruses using a so-called molecular clock, told the meeting.

We've lived here for the better part of a year.

"Until AIDS was initially recognized in 1981, the virus was cryptically [hiddenly] circulating in a sophisticated medical environment for the better part of 12 years, " Worobey said.

The technology to irradiate food has been around for the better part of a century.

Another child makes the family wretched with his crying for the better part of an hour.

The power grid has basically been the same for the better part of a century, says Ian Bowles, Massachusetts' secretary of energy and environmental affairs. That is, until the smart grid.

I haven't seen my tutor for the better part of a month!

For the better part of the next forty years they were to be the decisive restraints.