by half meaning in Chinese
只一半
Examples
- The article is too long and should be cut down by half .
这篇稿子太长，得砍去一半。 - Things always come too late or come by halves .
然而好事总是姗姗来迟，或者总是不圆满。 - My scheme did not work, it was too clever by half .
我这个点子没有行通，因为它聪明过头了。 - We had to make the best of it, and that is never worth doing by halves .
我们必须竭力把事情做好，有头无尾的事是不值得一试的。 - Sales of our vans, another big part of our operation, had dropped by half .
我们另外一部分很大的业务是生产厢式载重车，这种车辆的销售额也下跌了一半。