单词better-part-of
For the better part of the past two decades, Americans have been living in a state of willful optimism about our financial future.
在过去20年的大部分时间里，对于自己的金融前景，美国人一直抱有一种肆意乐观的态度。
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办公室小坐，在那里我们聊了大半个小时。
Our estimate was that it would not occur for the better part of a year.
我们估计在大半年内它不会出现。
He was an old fellow who had devoted the better part of a long life to the perfection of a mechanical subterranean prospector.
他是一个讲大部分最好的人生时光都投入到底下勘探机器的研究上的老家伙。
After sleeping around for the better part of my 20s, it somehow occurred to me that I wasn"t giving everyone a fair shot.
在沉睡过我20妙龄的较好部分后，不知怎的，我突然想到，我没有对每个人给予公平。
But I found the strength inside to see, found the better part of me, And I"ll never let it go.
但我找到了心里的力气，找到我更好的部门，我永久没有会让它来。
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，在没有窗户的办公室的在闪烁的计算机屏幕前的人们，可能看不到每一天他们同事的更好的部分。
The question of how many rocky worlds exist in the galaxy has perplexed astronomers for the better part of a century.
在大半个世纪里，银河系有多少岩石星球的问题一直困惑着天文学家们。
I spent the better part of a year investigating Iranian blogs and relevant literature on them.
我花了一年的时间在研究伊朗的部落格以及其相关文献。
The jury had been sequestered for the better part of a year and was showing signs of strain and exhaustion.
陪审团在一年中最好的部分被隔离，正显出紧张和劳累的迹象。