The remark was made half in jest.
这话是半开玩笑说出的。
A study, published in January in the US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past 8 to 15 years.
1月在美国杂志《科学》上发表的一项研究发现，在过去8至15年间，几乎所有有记录的鲨鱼种类的数量都减少了一半。
I have been half in love with easeful death.
我几乎爱上了自在的死神。
They live half the year in Missouri and half in Mexico.
他们一年中有一半时间住在密苏里，另一半时间住在墨西哥。
In 2009, that was true of almost half in that age group.
在2009年，同样的年龄组中几乎有一半人未婚。
Total exports have fallen by almost half in the past year.
去年，出口总额下降了几乎一半。
Very cute little fella, only an inch and a half in size.
非常可爱的小家伙，大小只有一英寸半。
Purchases in India and the Far East rose by around half in the past year.
去年，印度和远东地区的假名牌购买量上涨了一半左右。
We can deliver 50% right away. The remaining half in the next two months.
有一半货我们可以马上送货，剩下的一半后两个月交。
As a percentage of federal spending, we have cut earmarks by half in this bill.
作为联邦开支的一部分，我们已经把这项议案中的专项拨款削减了一半。
Haven't they heard demand for new cars has slumped by almost a half in some markets?
难道他们没有听说，部分市场的新车需求已经下滑近半了吗？
I put my arms around her, half in sympathy and half determined to get what I had come for.
我伸出双臂搂住她，一半是同情，一半是决计要获得此行的收获。
The Mona Lisa turned up after about a year and a half in the shop of an antique dealer in Italy.
约一年半之后，蒙娜·丽莎出现在意大利的一家古董店里。
Almost 70% of them reckon economic conditions are getting worse, compared with less than half in 2004.
接近70%的人预计经济状况会变得越来越糟糕，而2004年时持这种观点的人不到一半。
However, losses slowed considerably in the second half in both the wholesale and consumer divisions.
但减损在下半年明显减缓，批发银行和消费者部门均是如此。
This book has been a year and a half in the making, and it came together in large part because of you.
这本书已经准备了一年半的时间，因为您，它将变得更加丰富。
Moroccan women worried half in jest whether, as in Saudi Arabia, they would no longer be allowed to drive.
摩洛哥妇女半开玩笑地担心，她们以后是否不能再开车上路，如同在沙乌地阿拉伯。
J. P. Morgan, for instance, reported this week that its fees from investment-banking fell nearly half in the third quarter.
例如，摩根在这周的报道中称，他们第三季度在投资银行的费用降低了几乎一半。
In fact, from 1980 to 2000, the rate of deaths from cardiovascular disease fell by at least half in most developed countries.
事实上，从1980 - 2000年，大多数发达国家的心血管疾病死亡率至少已减低一半。
The fund’s balance-sheet remains solid and the share of Singaporean assets has shrunk to a third, from half in early 2005.
这家基金的资产负债表仍是坚不可摧的，而它占新加坡资产的份额从2005年早期的二分之一跌落至三分之一。
According to JPMorgan, there were 15 defaults a month in the first four months of 2009, but the rate fell by half in May and June.
据摩根大通，2009年第一季度一个月的违约就有15件，但是五、六月份的违约率将下降一半。
The US is planning to reduce its military presence by about half in the coming months and withdraw completely from Iraq by 2011.
美国计划在未来数月内减少一半伊拉克驻军，到2011年完全撤退。
The whole region has perhaps 100km (62 miles) of paved roads, half in the capital, Juba, and the other half on Chinese-run oilfields.
整个地区铺有路面的道路大约总长100千米（合62英里）；其中的一半位于首都朱巴，另一半位于中国人经营的油田内。
The Guangdong training programs are half in the classroom and half in the factory, usually the business that plans to employ the trainees.
广东的培训项目一半在课堂进行，另一半在工厂实施，这些工厂通常有计划雇佣受训人员。
The number of flights between Madrid and Málaga has dropped by half in the two years since the AVE route between those cities opened in 2007.
自从巴塞罗那与马德里之间的高铁2007年开始运营以来，往返于两地之间的航班数量已经减少了一半。
It was risky, because in order to keep my pledge to cut the deficit in half in four years, I had to trim the middle-class tax-cut proposal.
这样做是有风险的，因为要实现在四年内将赤字减半的承诺，我必须削减给中产阶级减税的提案。
Sirry Hjaltested, a pre-school teacher who joins in the Saturday protests, says that her grocery bills have gone up by half in a few months.
雪莉·海雅特斯蒂，一个参加了周六游行前教师，说她的日用品的开支在几个月内已经上升了一半。
Sirry Hjaltested, a pre-school teacher who joins in the Saturday protests, says that her grocery bills have gone up by half in a few months.
雪莉·海雅特斯蒂，一个参加了周六游行前教师，说她的日用品的开支在几个月内已经上升了一半。
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