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。
They found that female applicants were only half as likely to get outstanding letters, compared with their male counterparts.
他们发现，与男性申请者相比，女性申请者获得出色的推荐信的几率只有男性申请者的一半。
If one chord holds twice as long or only half as long, then we have an irregular harmonic change--irregular rate of harmonic change.
如果某一个和弦持续的时间是两倍或者只有一半，那我们就有了不规则的和声改变——和声改变的不规则比率。
A survey of entrepreneurs who started companies last year shows that while virtually all did substantial preparatory research and planning, only half used that work to produce a formal business plan.
一项对去年创办公司的企业家的调查显示，尽管几乎所有人都做了大量的准备研究和计划，但只有一半人利用这些工作制定了正式的商业计划。
Miss Rottenmeier obeyed the summons with the greatest indignation, for it was only half-past four in the morning.
罗特麦耶小姐非常气愤地听从了召唤，因为此时才凌晨四点半。
Have shorter showers and only half fill the bath.
淋浴时间短一些，浴缸只放一半的水。
If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give it a try.
如果你没有时间，只需跑一半的时间就能获得和其他运动一样的好处，所以，我们或许都应该尝试一下跑步。
After she knew whole story, she told her son that it was not necessary to be too hard on himself and winning or losing was only half the game.
当她知道了整个故事后，她告诉儿子，没有必要对自己太苛刻，输赢只是比赛的一半。
Buy any full price movie ticket on weekdays, you can buy a second ticket for a friend for only half price, or a second ticket for free on your birthday!
工作日购买任意全价电影票，只需半价即可为朋友购买第二张电影票，生日当天也可免费购买第二张电影票！
Of these, says Mr Zhuang, only half are using TD-S handsets.
庄蔚然说，已签约用户中，只有半数在用TD - S手机。
In Mozambique only half the projects were working as planned.
在莫桑比克，只有一半的项目按计划进行。
Roads have now replaced the river, though some are only half-built.
现在公路已经取代了水路，尽管有些道路还只建成一半。
Analysts now caution that Mr. Bernanke's job is only half complete.
现在分析家提醒说，伯南克的工作只是完成了一半。
He's only half as smart as you, but he's making 10 times more money.
他只有你一半的聪明，却挣了你十倍的钱。
Defining a route with capture groups is only half the jigsaw, though.
然而，用捕捉组定义路由仅完成了一半工作。
For starters, it's only half the size of Taiji's and sometimes smaller.
首先，这里的规模只有太地的一半甚至更小。
But that means it may get only half of the profit that it has on the books.
但是这意味着银行可能只能得到账面所计的一半收益。
In 2002, only half of the city's fourth-graders met state learning standards.
2002年，仅有一半的全市四年级生达到了国家学习标准。
Diana Sterling lived in the Back Bay, only half a mile from your residence.
斯黛安住在巴克湾，离你的寓所不到一公里。
If a country is using only half of its resources, there will be an economic cost.
如果一个国家仅使用其一半的资源，就会为此付出经济代价。
The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large.
大西洋的面积只是太平洋的一半，但也非常辽阔。
When the candle was only half an inch high it flickered out and the room became dark.
蜡烛只有半英寸长时，烛光忽闪忽闪地熄灭了，于是房间一片漆黑。
In 2005 only half of Italy's limited companies admitted to making any profits at all.
在2005年，只有一半的意大利有限公司承认盈利。
You can't find the needle in the haystack if you're searching only half the haystack!
如果你只搜索了草堆的一半就很难找到针。
A rosy view of Italy’s economy relies on two assumptions that are only half right.
对意大利经济乐观的看法基于两个半对的假设。
Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time.
答案：由于地球看上去像一个球，太阳一次只能照到它的一半。
Modern jets burn only half as much fuel per unit of thrust as their 1960s counterparts.
现代飞机和60年代时期的相比，每一单位的推力所需燃料只有一半。
But with an operating margin of 5.9% it is only half as profitable as HP's other businesses.
但是其营业毛利率为5.9%，利润仅为惠普其他业务的一半。
House prices are down 20 to 30 per cent, leaving many with houses worth only half the mortgage.
房价下跌了20%至30%，使许多人的房屋价值只有抵押贷款额的一半。
It would also need to be only half the size of a conventional jet of similar power, says Dr Lior.
Dr Lior还说，它和类似动力的传统引擎相比，只有一半大小。
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