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In this episode, I am going to teach you an interesting phrase.
在本期节目中，我将教你一个有趣的短语。
And that phrase is "the better part of…" something. "The better part of." That's the: t-h-e, better: b-e-t-t-e-r, part: p-a-r-t, of: o-f. The better part of… something.
这个短语是“the better part of something”。
How do we use this strange expression, "The better part of something"?
我们如何使用这个奇怪的表达？
"The better part of something" means "most of something" or "a lot of something" or "a big portion or percentage of something."
“The better part of something”意味着“某物的大部分”或“某物的很多部分”或“某物的很大一部分或百分比”。
We usually use this with units of time. That means you will usually hear it in a phrase like "the better part of an hour," "the better part of a day," "the better part of the weekend."
我们通常将其与时间单位一起使用。这意味着您通常会在以下短语中听到它，例如“the better part of an hour”、“the better part of a day”、“the better part of the weekend”。
And this means "most of" that period of time. "Most of an hour," "most of the day," "most of the weekend."
而这意味着“大部分”那段时间。“一小时的大部分时间”、“一天的大部分时间”、“周末的大部分时间”。
This is the kind of sentence where you will usually hear this phrase: "Doing all of my errands this weekend took the better part of three hours." Doing all of my errands this weekend took the better part of three hours.
你通常会在以下句子中听到这种短语：“Doing all of my errands this weekend took the better part of three hours.”
That means that doing all of my errands this weekend took most of three hours, or it took almost three hours, or close to three hours.
这意味着这个周末我做完所有差事花了将近三个小时。
Here's another example: "Building the fence around my garden took the better part of the summer." Building the fence around my garden took the better part of the summer.
另一个例子：“Building the fence around my garden took the better part of the summer.”
In other words, building the fence took me most of the summer. It took me a lot of the summer to complete that task.
换句话说，修建围栏花了我整个夏天。我花了整个夏天来完成这项任务。
Sometimes you will also hear "the better part of" used with distance instead of time.
有时您还会听到“the better part of”与距离而不是时间一起使用。
So, somebody could say, "The distance from my house to the library is the better part of one mile." The distance from my house to the library is the better part of one mile.
有人可能会说，“The distance from my house to the library is the better part of one mile.”
(Or the better part of one kilometer, or something like that.) But usually you will hear the phrase "the better part of" used with a unit or measure of time.
（或者the better part of one kilometer之类的表达。）但通常你会听到短语“the better part of”与时间单位或量度一起使用。
And that is "the better part of," a very useful phrase that I think you should know.
以上就是“the better part of”的用法，一个非常有用的短语，我认为你应该知道。
