"An iPad?" I ventured, half-jokingly.

“一部iPad”，我冒险的半开玩笑地说。

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"Where should we grab some food?" Perhaps no other question has motivated more consumer technology entrepreneurs. Well, I say that only half-jokingly.

我们应该在哪吃点东西呢？“也许再没有别的问题更能激发消费技术创业者的积极性了。”当然我半开玩笑说的。

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If you are driving through Norway at dusk and see a farmhouse with its lights on and its doors open, do not stop, he warns, only half jokingly.

他还半开玩笑的警告说，如果你在黄昏时分开车穿过挪威，看到亮着灯的农舍门户大开，千万不要停下来。

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Honda officials say half-jokingly they're trying not to sell them until a cost-competitive Fit can be built in Mexico beginning in 2014.

WSJ: Honda Pins Revival on U.S. Auto Sales

Viktor Chernomyrdin, the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine (and a former prime minister), is referred to, only half-jokingly, as Mr Putin's viceroy in Kiev.

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"You could say that Uruk is to blame for bureaucracy, " Mr. Wartke said half-jokingly when referring to the city's penchant for validating and recording goods.

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