单词half term
n.: （英国学校的）期中假
网络: 半学期假；期中假期；半学假期
Tomorrow Joan and I are going to Paris for a few days as it is half term holiday.
明天琼和我将去巴黎度假几天，因为是半期假。
But a week before half-term there was a knock at the door, with a special delivery for Anna.
距离期中还有一周的时候，有人敲门给安娜送了一份特件。
The decline could still be a temporary consequence of warm weather or half-term: pupils have been one of the main transmission routes.
这种下降可能还会是天气温暖和学生期中假的暂时结果——学生是主要的传染途径之一。
By then, not only should the bill be passed by the Senate, but schools will have broken up for a ten-day half-term.
到那时，不仅议案已获上院通过，学校也捱到了10天的期中假。
Don"t be silly, darling. It"ll be half term before you know it.
别傻了，宝贝。半个学期后你就能适应了。
And with schoolchildren on half-term holiday, university students seemed too half-hearted to keep the protests going.
而且，正值学生期中假，大学生们似乎不再那么积极的进行抗议了。
"Come along and join in the party games fun with us, " it promised in its list of store events, "to entertain the kids this half-term" .
“来吧，加入我们的派对游戏吧，”它还在活动列表上表示，“这可以让孩子们开心半学期。”
But another reason could lie in the recession itself (the fair also coincided with a half-term holiday).
但部分原因可能也在于金融危机本身（展会的时间与一个期中假正好重合）。
Numbers swelled a little during the week, mostly with Egyptian families on half-term.
在一个星期中游客人数有所增加，大多是度假的埃及家庭。
In the last half term, I have not paired so much attention to your class. Here I apologize sincerely and I am really sorry about it.
这半个学期来，我都没有好好上过您的课，在此，我真诚的向您道歉，以表示我的歉意。