That whispered message, half invitation and halt forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.
当我们听到“同辈压力”这个词时，我们大多数人的脑海中总会半诱惑半强迫地出现这样一个低低的声音。
In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires—nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.
2015年，美国林务局首次使用55亿美元年度预算的一半以上用于灭火——这几乎是20年前火灾支出所占比例的两倍。
Indeed, the question of whyso many of us are fat is just half the puzzle.
事实上，为什么我们有这么多胖子的问题，只是这个谜题的一半。
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。
Half of the country's export revenues come from cotton, but US policy depresses prices and stifles market access for small-time players.
国家出口收入的一半来自棉花，但是美国压低了棉价并且抬高了进入市场的门槛。
The US, which accounts for as much as half of diamond demand, is in recession and that has had repercussions for Botswana.
占了矿石需求量一半的美国的衰退影响了波扎那。
These sorts of questions will occupy us for roughly the first half of the semester.
这些问题将会大约占到，这学期的前一半时间。
More than half of us have been infected with the HSV-1 virus, usually from well-meaning kisses from relatives or romantic partners.
超过一半的人会感染1型单纯疱疹病毒，通常都是通过亲吻传染。
2：The professor threw us a curve: half of the questions were from the reference book he asked us to read but we never did since he didn't cover the book in class.
那个学生说：教授刁难我们。有一半试题都来自他要我们看的参考书，然而我们却从来没读过，因为他在课上没讲到那本书的内容。
The Wilkins shelf is about half the size of Scotland, or the same size as the US state of Connecticut.
威尔金斯冰架的面积约为苏格兰的一半,或近似等于美国的康涅狄格州，它是南极迄今为止正在崩塌和退缩的最大的由冰所组成的板块。
EBay in the US generates roughly half of its Gross Merchandise Volume through auction-style transactions.
美国eBay公司通过拍卖形式进行网上交易的商品约占产品总量的一半。
Nearly half of US employers research the online profiles of job candidates on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn, according to a new survey.
一项最新调查显示，美国近一半的雇主会上Facebook、MySpace或LinkedIn这样的社交网站搜索应聘者的在线资料。
US magazine circulation continued to decline in the first half of 2010.
今年上半年，美国杂志发行量延续颓势。
Over a billion people live here, in an area half the size of the US.
超过十亿人口生活在这片地区，该区域大约有美国的一半大。
Fannie and Freddie account for half of all mortgages in the US.
房利美和房地美占据了美国抵押贷款的半壁江山。
By the time Wilson left GM, almost half of all US families fell within the middle range of income. Most were headed not by professionals or executives but by skilled and semi-skilled factory workers.
到威尔逊离开通用汽车的时候，美国几乎一半的家庭都达到了中等收入水平，而多数一家之主并非专业人士或高管，而是技能娴熟和半熟练的工厂工人。
Daniel: But I am only half a person as you and they charge both of us the same price tickets.
丹尼尔：但我只是个像你一半大的人啊，他们居然也收同样价格的票。
The bleaching had killed all the coral on the lagoon floor, but almost half appeared to be growing back-the fastest recovery any of us had ever seen.
白化现象原本杀死了环礁湖海床上的所有珊瑚，但现在几乎一半的珊瑚又再度生长了起来——这样的恢复速度着实罕见。
In view of the long business relations between us, we wish to meet you half way to settle the claim.
考虑到我们之间长期的业务关系，我们愿意各让一半解决这项索赔。
Almost half of us change the toweles daily or after every shower.
超过半数的人每天或者浴后都会更换毛巾。
More than half of household bankruptcies in the us are caused by a serious -illness or accident.
美国多一半的家庭破产案是由严重的疾病或事故导致的。
Almost half of us households own stocks and bonds in the form of mutual funds, most of those through retirement plans.
几乎半数美国家庭以共同基金的形式持有股票和债券，而其中的多数有关系到他们的退休计划。
In our case, the three of us effectively lived, breathed, and ate together for the first two and half years of our start-up experience.
就我们而言，在我们起步的两年半内，我们三人很有效率地一起居住、一起呼吸、一起吃饭。
Researchers led by Dirk Brockmann, now at Northwestern University in Illinois, analysed the movements of more than half a million US one-dollar bills as they were passed around over five years.
现在在伊利诺伊州西北大学的研究者们，当时由德尔克·布洛克曼带头，对超过五十万张一美元钞票在五年内的活动情况进行了分析。
Researchers led by Dirk Brockmann, now at Northwestern University in Illinois, analysed the movements of more than half a million US one-dollar bills as they were passed around over five years.
现在在伊利诺伊州西北大学的研究者们，当时由德尔克·布洛克曼带头，对超过五十万张一美元钞票在五年内的活动情况进行了分析。
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