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The manager decided that discretion was the better part of valour.经理决定不作无谓的冒险。Connie decided that discretion was the better part of valour and let the insult go unanswered.康妮决心谨慎为上，没有理会那句辱骂。We spent the better part of an hour searching for her.我们花了近一小时时间找她。We've been waiting for the better part of an hour.我们已经等了大半个小时。The watch cost the better part of his pay.买这只表花了他大部分工资。It took us the better part of a week to finish the job.我们花了大半周时间才完成这项工作。The journey took her the better part of an hour.旅程花去了她半个多小时。I spent the better part of a day cleaning that kitchen!我一天的大部分时间都花在清理那个厨房上了！I spent the better part of a day on the phone.我花了大半天时间打电话。He stared for the better part of a minute.他凝视了足有半分多钟。He drank the better part of a bottle of Scotch waiting for her to get home.在等她回家的那段时间里，他喝了大半瓶苏格兰威士忌酒。I expect the whole procedure to take the better part of a morning.我预计整个过程将占用大半个上午。I took the better part of valour and ran.我鼓足勇气狂奔。Mr. Meeri has been publishing for the better part of a decade.梅里先生在十年的大部分时间里都有作品问世。 |