comfusing "halves"

The third-person singular of "halve" and the plural of "half" accidentally share the same world "halves".

1. The bottle is half full. (adv)
2. She is half Chinese and half Italian. (adv)
3. The new road halves the time it takes to get home. (verb)
4. We have to go halves on the phone bill. (noun)

令人迷惑的单词"defeat" / Confusing "defeat"

先来看两个例句：

•  President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election.
• 川普总统首次承认在11月3日总统选举中的失败。

• We must be ready to defeat our enemies in battle.
• 我们必须准备好在战争中击败敌人。

作为动词，defeat具有”击败”对手的意思，而作为名词却是“被击败”的意思。这颇具中文里“大败”的神奇效果。

• 我军大败敌军于主力战场。
• 敌军大败。