- 1每半年一次的；半年期的
Half-yearly means something happens, or is done, once every six months — twice in a year, with half a year in between. Schools, banks, and companies like this word: a half-yearly test, a half-yearly report, interest paid half-yearly. You can put it in front of a naming word, or after a doing word (they meet half-yearly). Though actually American English often prefers semiannual for the same idea; British English is very happy with half-yearly. This one does not mean “every two years”.
From the word’s history
From half-year + -ly, or half + yearly.
由 half-year 加 -ly，或 half 加 yearly 組成。
組成From half-year + -ly; or from half- + yearly. Half-year is six months. The -ly ending turns that stretch of time into “in that rhythm”, the same trick as in yearly (once a year).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
half-yearlyadj
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Of which there are two in a year; once every six months semiannual; biyearly.
- However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
half-yearlyadv
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Twice in a year; semiannually.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。