As an , the following information regarding the word ‘halve’:
1. Definition: ‘Halve’ is a verb that means to divide into two equal parts or halves. It can also mean to reduce by half or to decrease to half its original size or amount.
2. Usage: ‘Halve’ is often used in mathematics, cooking, sports, and other areas where division or reduction by half is necessary.
3. Synonyms: Some synonyms for ‘halve’ include divide in half, cut in half, split in half, bisect, and reduce by half.
4. Related words: Some related words to ‘halve’ include fraction, divide, half, and reduction.
Examples:
1. She halved the cake and gave half to her friend. (她将蛋糕切成了两半，把其中一半给了她的朋友。)
2. The company decided to halve the price of their products to increase sales. (公司决定将产品价格减半以增加销量。)
3. The coach instructed the team to halve their running time in order to improve their performance. (教练让队员减半跑步时间以提高表现。)
4. The recipe calls for halving the amount of salt used. (食谱要求减半使用盐的量。)
5. The property value halved after the economic downturn. (经济衰退后，房地产价值减半。)
中文翻译：把…分成两半，减半
读音：[h?v]
例句：
1. You can halve the cake and give half to your friend.
你可以把蛋糕分成两半，给你的朋友一半。
2. The company has halved its production cost by using new technology.
该公司通过采用新技术将其生产成本减半了。
3. Can you halve the amount of sugar in the recipe?
你能把食谱中的糖减半吗？
halve的中文解释是”建把…开半对搭、切成两半”，其中文解释还有”对半分享”的意思，发音音标为[hɑ:v]，在英语中以动词出现较多，在《牛津英汉双解词典》中，共找到77个与halve相关的例句。
1.建把…开半对搭
例句:The last beer tanker left the brewery last week, Halve Maan said. (该啤酒厂称，最后一辆运输啤酒的罐车已经于上周离开啤酒厂。)
2.切成两半
例句:Today, you can get a 16-GB SanDisk SansaView MP3 player for $100; by next year, its capacity will double, and its price will halve. (如今，你只花100美元就能买到一部16GB的SanDiskSansaViewMP3播放器；而且明年它的容量会翻倍，价格也会折半。)
3.对半分享
例句:FOUR hundred years ago a Dutch ship called the Halve Maen (Half Moon), Henry Hudson at the helm, arrived at the tiny island of Mannahatta. (四百年前，由亨利·哈德森掌舵的“半月”号荷兰船只在小岛Mannahatta靠岸。)
4.切半、对半分享
例句:Did it almost double, did it remain more or less the same, or did it halve? (翻译:是几乎翻倍了 还是基本维持不变 还是减半了？ )
1. FOUR hundred years ago a Dutch ship called the Halve Maen (Half Moon), Henry Hudson at the helm, arrived at the tiny island of Mannahatta. (翻译:四百年前，由亨利·哈德森掌舵的“半月”号荷兰船只在小岛Mannahatta靠岸。)
2. Did it almost double, did it remain more or less the same, or did it halve? (翻译:是几乎翻倍了 还是基本维持不变 还是减半了？ )
3. The onus is on UK crematoria to halve mercury emissions, which come mainly from tooth fillings, by 2012 and eliminate them altogether by 2020. (翻译:xx年英国的有义务在xx年前让水银蒸发量减半，到xx年要实现无蒸发。的水银蒸发主要产生于牙齿填充物。)
4. If we banned our furry friends we’d halve the crime rate. (翻译:禁足这些毛茸茸的家伙 犯罪率就得下降一半)
5. This number can halve later in life. (翻译:这个数字在生命后期会减半。)
6. So that in one generation, we’re going to halve our cultural diversity. (翻译:也就是说在下一代中， 我们的文化多样性将会减半。)
7. And the flagship target there was to halve the proportion of people living in poverty by 2015. (翻译:当时的核心目标就是到xx年时 使贫穷人口的比例减少一半。)
8. So that in one generation, we’re going to halve our cultural diversity. (翻译:也就是说在下一代中， 我们的文化多样性将会减半。)
9. That little flame on the side is peaking out a gap in the furnace halve’s refractory. (翻译:这侧面小火焰已经见顶了在炉内的差距减半的耐火材料。)
10. We can halve your costs, 25 cents a kilo. (翻译:我们可以让您的支出减少一半 每公斤2毛5)
11. Capturing him… will at least halve the circulation (翻译:只要把他抓住 市面上流通的起码减少一半)
12. Shred red pepper; halve baby corn stick; wash asparagus and enoki mushroom. (翻译:将红椒洗净切丝；粟米芯一分为二；芦笋及金菇洗净备用。)
halve作为动词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有d、halved/i、halving/s、halves/p、halved/3、halves等。
