| 1. | The article is too long and should be cut down by half .
这篇稿子太长，得砍去一半。 |
| 2. | Things always come too late or come by halves .
然而好事总是姗姗来迟，或者总是不圆满。 |
| 3. | My scheme did not work, it was too clever by half .
我这个点子没有行通，因为它聪明过头了。 |
| 4. | We had to make the best of it, and that is never worth doing by halves .
我们必须竭力把事情做好，有头无尾的事是不值得一试的。 |
| 5. | Sales of our vans, another big part of our operation, had dropped by half .
我们另外一部分很大的业务是生产厢式载重车，这种车辆的销售额也下跌了一半。 |
| 6. | He is not a man who does things by halves -- either he donates a huge sum to a charity or he gives nothing .
他这个人做事一不做二不休向慈善事业捐款不捐则已，一捐就是一大笔。 |
| 7. | He was one of those men who take infinite pains over trifles, flattering themselves that they never do things by halves .
他是那种在琐事上无穷操心和自以为做事情很彻底的男人之一。 |
| 8. | Two multiplied by two divided by half is twice one
二乘二除二分之一等于两个一。 |
| 9. | He is not the kind of person to do things by halves
他不是做事只做一半的那种人。 |
| 10. | You might want to divide the crisco measurements by half
你可以把胖子量具切成两半 |
