1. A halfhearted attempt at writing a novel. 并不热心的试图写一部小说。
2. "Hey, Mike," I called, waving back, unable to be halfhearted on a morning like this. “嗨，迈克。”我喊着，向他挥手。我不能在这样一个早晨表现得毫无兴致。
3. Some will resort to veiling their own opinions in a halfhearted attempt to direct the decision. 一些医生会隐藏自己意见，以一种隐隐约约的方式指导病人做决定。
4. You should ignore any result - good or bad - that comes after you put in only a halfhearted effort. 如果只是三心二意地付出了，那么你应该忽略由此带来的任何结果—无论是好是坏。
5. She makes a halfhearted attempt to send queries to some other companies and immediately receives automated rejections. 她不抱什么希望地试着向其它公司发出了应征问询，立即就收到了系统自动回复的拒绝信。
