[ xiàbànyè ] the time after midnight; the latter half of the night; the small hours 短语和例子 他全神贯注地工作, 经常工作到下半夜。 he was so engrossed in his work that he frequently stayed up until the small hours
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He was so engrossed in his work that he frequently stayed up until the small hours . 他全神贯注地工作，经常工作到下半夜。
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We didn ' t get home from the party until the wee hours 我们参加晚会，直到下半夜才回到家里。
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I mean , an hour is an hour … it ' s 60 minutes , a . m . or p . m 我认为，一小时就是一小时，不管是上半夜还是下半夜，反正都是60分钟。
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Last night at our fraternity house we had a bull session which lasted until three o ' clock 昨晚，我们在兄弟会会议厅漫淡，一直谈到下半夜3点钟。
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An hour before midnight is worth two after or so my mother used to tell me as i sat down to breakfast after a particularly late night 每当在头一天晚上我睡得特别晚，第二天早晨坐下来去吃早餐时，我母亲过去总是会对我说“一半夜睡一个小时胜过下半夜睡两小时”之类的话。
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That old fool had made a trade and got forty dollars , and when we found him in the doggery the loafers had matched half - dollars with him and got every cent but what he d spent for whisky ; and when i got him home late last night and found the raft gone , we said , that little rascal has stole our raft and shook us , and run off down the river 除了他付威士忌酒账的钱以外，他们把他所有的钱骗了个精光。到下半夜，我把他弄回家，一看，木筏子不见了。我们说，那个小流氓把我们的木筏子偷走啦，他撇下我们不闻不问，往大河下游去啦。 ”
