His work starts at half past eight, and finishes at a quarter to five.
30開始工作，4：45下班。
初二英語課文
Unit 10 Home and work
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 四分之一;一刻鐘;地區;（美式足球的）一節;
vt. 把…四等分;供…住宿;使（士兵）駐扎;
?? quart四+er名詞后綴 → 四分之一；一刻鐘
"They walked a quarter of a mile down the mountainside."
他們沿山坡下行了四分之一英里的路程.
近義：house, keep, lodge, place, accommodate, billet
反義：oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
vt.& vi. 使工作;使運作;操作;使產生效果;
n. 工作，操作;著作;工廠;行為，事業;
vt. 使工作;操作;經營;使緩慢前進;
"to be absent from work"
缺勤
近義：labor, labour, function, process, tool, malleate
反義：idle, laze, loaf, loiter, ramble, roam
adj. 一半的，半個的;
n. 半;一半;（啤酒等飲料的）半品脫;（比賽、音樂會等的）半場;
adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半財產投資于一個新企業.
近義：mid, midway, partially, semi
反義：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
adj. 過去的，以前的;結束的;前任的;
n. 過去，過往;往事;[語]過去時;
prep. 超過，超出;遠于;越過;
adv. 經過，超過;
?? past（過去的）已經pass（過去）
"She strode past him without a backward glance ."
她大步從他身邊走過，都沒有回頭瞧他一眼。
近義：preterit, preterite, history, background, record, form
反義：modern, newfangled, present, topical, contemporary, current
num. 八;八個;第八;
n. 八;八人（或物）一組;八人劃船隊;
adj. 八個的;
"The government's majority has been whittled down to eight."
政府多數票減少到了八票.