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The truth is, many things are worth doing only in the most slovenly, halfhearted fashion possible, and many other things are not worth doing at all.

事实是，许多事情值得做的最邋遢不仅是，半心半意的方式可能的，很多事情是不值得做的一切。

Her attempt to convince me was halfhearted.

她半心半意地试图说服我。

A halfhearted effort; gave only lukewarm support to the candidate.

半心半意的努力；只给了候选人冷淡的支持。

British officials tried to rally public opinion for the war at the Albany Congress in 1754 but mustered only halfhearted support throughout the colonies.

英国官员试图争取公众舆论，战争在Albany国会在1754年，但只有半心半意的支持纠集整个殖民地。

The discredit of the political class, the dwindling confidence in public institutions, the disillusionment with the market economy – despite a halfhearted acknowledgement that there is a lack of alternatives – and the problems of social exclusion, all highlight the need to build a consensus platform that will guarantee an environment of political stability and democratic governance.

政治阶级无信用、日益对公共机构失去信心、对市场经济幻想的破灭－－虽然也半心半意地承认缺乏可供选择的办法－－和被排除在社会以外的种种问题，都突出表明，需要建立一个能保证政治稳定与民主治理环境的共识平台。

He will not be able to take away the moral curse of using force by employing it halfheartedly or incompetently.

半心半意或表现无能并不能使他摆脱因使用武力而引起的道义上的谴责。

That seems unlikely to happen:"I am no longer having fun playing football and if I would only play halfheartedly it would be no good to anyone",added Deisler,who was considered to be one of the most talented players ever to play in Germany.

但这似乎不太可能发生："我已经无法再从踢球中享受乐趣了，如果我只能半心半意地踢球这对任何人都没好处。"戴斯勒补充道，他曾被认为是德国历史上最天才的球员之一。

But they were only half, Only the grey half of a human being. As yet, they were 'good'. But even that was the goodness of their halfness.

但是他们只是一种半人，灰色的半人，直至现在，他们是"好"的，但这也不过是他们的一半是好的，呵！

The caul was won, I recollect, by an old lady with a hand-basket, who, very reluctantly, produced from it the stipulated five shillings, all in halfpence, and twopence halfpenny short—as it took an immense time and a great waste of arithmetic, to endeavour without any effect to prove to her.

我还记得，胎膜让一位手里拎一个篮子的老太太给抽着了。她万个不情愿地从篮子里摸索出预先规定的五个先令，全都是半便士的零碎硬币，而且最后还差两个半便士——因为尽管是给她解释了老半天，一分分算给他听，都无济于事。

For example, he asked, did it mean the same to say a new halfpenny, a new half penny and half a new penny?

例如，他问道，一个新半便士，一个新的半个便士和一个新便士的一半的意义是否相同？

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！