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。
The car was cut in half in the crash.
在这次撞车事故中，汽车被撞成了两半。
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。
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。
Total exports have fallen by almost half in the past year.
去年，出口总额下降了几乎一半。
But now since 1995, I live half in Canada and half in China.
自1995年以来，我有一半时间在加拿大，一半在中国。
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。
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。
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。
As a result, the firm's net income fell by half in the year, leaving it with a thin profit margin of 2.2%.
因此，该店年纯收入跌了一半，利润率仅为2.2%。
Nickel prices have fallen by half in three months; tin has fallen 12% from the record price touched earlier this month.
镍的价格在该季度下降了50%，锡比月初的记录价格下降了12%。
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 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。
Baltimore has gotten high marks and lots of news coverage for reducing both the dropout rate and truancy rate by half in just three years.
在仅仅3年的时间里，巴尔的摩就因把辍学率和旷课率降低了一半而获得了高度的评价和大量的新闻报导。
“Thank you for the offer, ” he joked, explaining that he holds the post until April—but it was clear that his words were only half in jest.
但很明显他的话是半开玩笑半认真的。
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。
Farmers are suffering: prices for raw milk have fallen by half in some countries since 2007, tumbling below the cost of production on many farms.
奶农们都身处水深火热之中，一些国家自2007年原奶价格开始下跌，现在只有当时的一半，在许多牧场里原奶价格甚至都低于成本价。
Researchers transported 20 local pine trees into Biosphere 2, keeping half in standard temperatures and warming the others by 7 degrees Fahrenheit.
研究人员往生物圈2号运送了20棵当地的松树，将其中一半种植在标准的气温环境中，另一半则种植在比标准温度高7华氏度的环境中。
Joey gets carried away with a mailbox project and ends up building an entertainment center; he mistakenly cuts Chandler's door in half in the process.
乔伊动工做一个邮箱，工程越搞越大，结果他做了个娱乐多用柜。同时他还不小心把钱德的门锯成了两半。
Joey gets carried away with a mailbox project and ends up building an entertainment center; he mistakenly cuts Chandler's door in half in the process.
乔伊动工做一个邮箱，工程越搞越大，结果他做了个娱乐多用柜。同时他还不小心把钱德的门锯成了两半。
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