1. Mr Harper will doubtless secure parliamentary approval for his half-measure. 哈珀肯定会赢得国会对其半改不改措施的支持。
2. Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. 最后,你们会发现,爱一个人没有折中的程度。
3. The Gateway City scored in the bottom half of all nine categories we looked at for the Forbes Misery Measure. It was the only metro area to pull off that feat. 在福布斯划定的九大“凄凉”指标中,这座“美国的门户”城市竟有一半指标的得分垫底,是唯一一座“得此殊荣”的大都市。
4. If it is to be installed in seas 40 metres deep, its pylon and foundations must measure 170 metres or so, half again as high as st Paul's Cathedral. 如果把它安装在40米深的海中,它的电缆塔的高度得大约170米,是圣彼得堡大教堂高度的一半。
5. One unit is 8g of alcohol, roughly equivalent to half a standard glass of wine, half a pint of beer or a pub measure of spirits. 每单位的酒有8 G酒精,大概相当于半杯标准的葡萄酒,半品啤酒或是一个酒吧的酒精量。