玻璃杯半满。
The bus was only half full. Even so, a young man asked Nina if the seat next to her was taken.
公共汽车上只坐满了一半，即便如此，一个小伙子还问尼娜她旁边的座位有没有人坐。
I'd say the glass is half full.
我会说杯子是半满的。
看看满的那半杯水。
说它半满还是半空好？
半空就是半满。
Is the glass half empty or half full?
玻璃杯是半满的还是半空的呢？
Is the glass half empty or half full?
你的杯子一半是空的还是一半是满的？
The glass we were not expecting to see will be half full.
惊喜的是，我们会看到半满的玻璃杯。
Optimists always say the glass is half full, not half empty.
乐观主义者总是说，杯子有一半是满的，而不是说杯子有一半是空的。
Look at the picture closely: Is the glass half full or half empty?
仔细看图：杯子是半满呢还是半空呢？
"I see," said the optimist cheerfully, "a glass that is half full."
“我看到，”乐观者高兴的说，“一杯半满的水。”
I can either say "the glass is half empty" or "the glass is half full."
我可以说“杯子里只有一半水”或“杯子里还有半杯水”。
Running it only half full can waste up to 1,000 gallons of water a month.
如果洗碗机只有一半东西时就运作，每个月会浪费1000加仑水。
Running it only half full can waste up to 1, 000 gallons of water a month.
如果洗碗机只有一半东西时就运作，每个月会浪费1000加仑水。
For optimists the glass is always half full. For pessimists it is always half empty.
对于乐观主义者，玻璃杯总是半满的。对于悲观主义者，它总是半空的。
The good news is that awareness rarely shatters the illusion. The glass remains half full.
好消息是，这种警醒很少会打破幻像，玻璃杯仍是半满的。
One more reason to keep your glass half full: Optimists might be less likely to have a stroke.
又有一个原因来让你保持乐观。那就是乐观的人不容易患中风。
Pessimists say that the glass is half empty, but I am an optimist and say that it is half full.
悲观主义者说那个杯子是半空的，但是我是乐观主义者，我说那个杯子是半满的。
It's like saying the glass is half full instead of half empty. They mean the same; one just sounds better.
它们的意思是相同的，只是另一个听起来更好。
On the trip, water slowly spilled from the cracked pot. So when it arrived at the house, it was only half full.
而另外一只罐子却有个裂缝，一路上水会慢慢从缝隙里露出来，所以当它到了主人家里时，只剩下了半罐水。
If you say half full, you might be an optimist. If you say, half empty, you might be the opposite — a pessimist.
如果你说它是半满的，你可能就是一位乐观主义者。如果你说它是半空的，你可能就相反是一位悲观主义者。
Hotels are less than half full: almost every week a business conference or international sporting event is cancelled.
酒店入住率不到一半：几乎每个星期都有一场商务会议或者国际赛事活动被取消。
If you are the kind of person who always sees your glass as half full, you are likely to have a healthier heart, a study has found.
据英国《每日邮报》7月5日报道，研究发现，那些认为杯子半满（而非半空）的人，即乐观的人，他们的心脏有可能更健康。
Perhaps it just comes down to how you see the candy dish-half empty or half full. Or at least as a parent, that's what I'll keep telling myself.
或许，问你有孩子幸福还是没孩子幸福，归根结底就是在问你看到的是糖果盘的哪一部分——是空的那一半还是满的那一半，至少我这个当娘的是这么看的。
But the other pot had a crack in it. On the trip, water slowly spilled from the cracked pot. So when it arrived at the house, it was only half full.
而另外一只罐子却有个裂缝，一路上水会慢慢从缝隙里露出来，所以当它到了主人家里时，只剩下了半罐水。
It seems that for some of us, seeing the glass as half full is hardwired into our genetic make-up, helping us shrug off the miseries of life and enjoy the positives.
对我们中的一些人来说，认为杯子是半满的想法或许是与我们的基因组成固定相连的，帮助我们摆脱生活的痛苦，享受积极的人生。
It seems that for some of us, seeing the glass as half full is hardwired into our genetic make-up, helping us shrug off the miseries of life and enjoy the positives.
对我们中的一些人来说，认为杯子是半满的想法或许是与我们的基因组成固定相连的，帮助我们摆脱生活的痛苦，享受积极的人生。
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