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That boy's too arrogant by half.那个男孩太傲慢了。The drug has been shown to cut the risk of heart attack by half.这种药已被证明可以将心脏病发作的风险降低一半。It helped to reduce street violence by half.那有助于街头暴力行为的大幅度减少。His mind has been numbed by half a lifetime of hardship.半辈子的苦难生活已使他麻木不仁。Victory is seldom won by half measures.通过折中取得胜利是难得的。Insulating your house could cut your electricity bill by half.给房子加上隔热装置可减少一半的电费。The governor may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.州长现在可能后悔她轻率地许诺要将失业人数减少一半。She was too clever by half - always correcting the teacher or coming back with a smart answer.她未免聪明过头了——总爱纠正老师或者回答问题时耍耍小聪明。The risk of developing lung cancer has been reduced by half.患肺癌的危险被降低了一半。Cutting food intake by half is an incredibly difficult thing for anyone to do.将进食量减半对任何人来说都是件非常难的事。He's too clever by half.他聪明过头了。He cut his costs by half.他削减掉一半的开支。He tops his father by half a head.他比他父亲高出半个头。A tailwind had cut the flying time by half an hour.由于顺风，飞行时间缩短了半小时。We need to leave by half past two. 我们要在两点半离开。You did that too quickly by half. It's all wrong.你做得太快了，全都错了。You need to cut your food intake by half.你需要将食物摄入量减半。The workforce has been reduced by half.职工人数已减少一半。She is the better singer by half.她是一位高明得多的歌手。The price has been reduced by half. 价格降了一半。Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half.用小平底锅炖，收一半汤汁。His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half.他的许多仰慕者说他很聪明，而他的敌人认为他精明过了头。The budget has been chopped by half.预算被砍了一半。Phil's good at thinking up excuses for his behaviour - he's too clever by half.菲尔很会为他的行为编造借口，他有点聪明过头了。 |