half measure

英 [hɑːf ˈmeʒə(r)]

美 [hæf ˈmeʒər]

n.   折衷办法; [经] 权宜办法

经济

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 折中政策;不彻底的行动
  If someone refers to policies or actions ashalf measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
  1. They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures.
     他们已经宣布要继续战斗，而不是半途而废。

双语例句

• If my cup won't hold but a pint and yours holds a quarter wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little old half measure full?
  如果我的杯子只能装一品脱的东西，而你的却能装一夸脱，你如果不给我的装满是不是显得有些吝啬？
• But where there is liquefaction, such as in the mud in the Mississippi Valley and all the rock layers pulled like taffy in the eastern half of the US, the distance measure is skewed.
  但是当土壤液化时，例如密西西比河流域的泥土和美国东半部那些像太妃糖一样被拉开的岩层，距离测量是不准的。
• When you spend half your life in hotel rooms all around the world, the familiar sounds of ESPN or the Discovery Channel can provide some small measure of comfort.
  如果你一年里有一半时间都在世界各地的宾馆里睡觉，ESPN和探索频道熟悉的声音多少会能给你一些慰藉吧！
• Sleeping pills are a half measure.
  安眠药丸是一个折衷方法。
• While studding on temperature measure of large rotating hull, a new structure of half enveloped sensor of glide measure temperature is put forward.
  结合大型旋转艇体温度测试的研究，提出了一种新型的半铠装滑动测温传感器结构。
• A musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure.
  表示两个或者四个半音符构成一个小节的音乐拍子记号。
• More than half of the Texas House of Representatives have signed a measure allowing concealed handguns at universities.
  超过一半的德克萨斯州众议院代表已经签署了允许在学院中非公开携带枪支的议案。
• A year after roughly half the patients had the surgery, all completed a detailed questionnaire designed to measure quality of life, symptoms, functional ability, and emotional and intellectual status.
  一年后，约一半的患者接受了手术，他们全部完成了详细的调查问卷，旨在衡量其生活质量，疾病症状，行为能力，情绪和智力状况。
• A unit is equal to half a pint of regular strength beer or lager, one small glass of wine or a small ( pub measure) of spirits.
  一单位等于半品脱的啤酒或者度数高的啤酒，一小杯葡萄酒或者小型的（酒吧衡量）酒类。
• It is not necessary to wait until half of a sample has decayed in order to measure the halflife.
  不必一直等到样品衰变一半之后才测量它的半衰期。