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- 1. He tops his father by half a head.
- 他比他父亲高出半个头。
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- 2. If we wire into this job, we shall finish by half past ten.
- 如果我们抓紧干，我们就能在十点半完成这项工作。
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- 3. Railway fares are reduced by half for children.
- 铁路旅费对儿童减半。
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- 4. The article is too long and should be cut down by half.
- 这篇稿子太长，得砍去一半。
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- 5. Printing originated in China. In the period between the Sui Dynasty in the second half of the 6th century and the Tang Dynasty in the first half of the early 7th century, lithographic printing was invented and, in the 9th century, a large number of books began to be printed by the lithographic process. In the reign of Emperor Qingli of the Northern Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1127 A.D.), a common fellow named Bi Sheng invented printing by movable type and started to use baked clay types for printing. The technology was introduced to other countries in about the mid-8th century.
- 中国首先发明印刷术。公元6世纪下半叶到7世纪上半叶的隋、唐之际， 中国就发明了雕版印刷，到9世纪， 开始了大规模的雕版印书。北宋庆历年间， 平民毕升发明用胶泥焙烧的活字， 开始了活字印刷。约在8世纪中叶，印刷术传到国外。
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- 6. American motion pictures are written by the half-educated for the half-witted.
- 美国电影，是由一班只受过半瓶醋教育的人为蠢人而作的。
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- 7. I think if I get half of the assignment done by tomorrow, I am ahead of the game.
- 我想如果在明天之前我能获得一半的签名，我将处于有利的地位。
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- 8. I was annoyed by hecklers during the last half of my speech.
- 我在作后半部分报告时，对质问者感到厌烦。
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- 9. My boyfriend always arrives late. Last night I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine by keeping him waiting for half an hour.
- 我的男朋友总是迟到，昨晚，我决定以其人之道还治其人之身，让他等了半个小时。
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- 10. The home team trailed by one point at half time.
- 上半场主队落后一分。
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- 11. They raised their output by more than half in less than three years.
- 不到三年，他们把产量提高了一半还多。
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- 12. They retrenched by eliminating half the workers.
- 他们把人员减半以减少支出。
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