[ qiánbanyè ] the first half of the night; from nightfall to midnight; from dusk till midnight
Example Sentences:
1.
" one hour ' s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after . 翻译：前半夜睡一小时抵过后半夜睡两小时。
2.
The bear showed up earlier in the evening as barbequed ribs were being prepared and came back later , apparently looking for leftovers 前半夜，当正在准备烤肋骨的时候，那只熊出现了，且稍后又来寻找吃剩的食物。
3.
Based on the spatial distribution difference of 4 periods ( morning , afternoon , the first half night and last half night , respectively ) , it can be found that the impact on cg lightning activity of surface heating , lower tropospheric jet before dawn and sea wind front 通过上午、下午、前半夜和后半夜4个时段的地闪空间分布的差异，可以看出午后地面加热、凌晨低空急流和海风锋对闪电活动的影响。
4.
I blushed at my inconsideration ; but , without showing further consciousness of the offence , i hastened to add - the truth is , sir , i passed the first part of the night in - here i stopped afresh - i was about to say perusing those old volumes , then it would have revealed my knowledge of their written , as well as their printed , contents : so , correcting myself , i went on , in spelling over the name scratched on that window - ledge 我为我的粗心脸红，可是，为了表示我并不觉察到我的冒失，我赶紧加一句， “事实是，先生，前半夜我在”说到这儿我又顿时停住了我差点说出“阅读那些旧书” ，那就表明我不但知道书中印刷的内容，也知道那些用笔写出的内容了。因此，我纠正自己，这样往下说“在拼读刻在窗台上的名字。
