EXAMPLE: Most formal receptions bore me, but the event I went to yesterday was not half bad.
大多数正式招待会都让我厌烦，但昨天我参加的活动没有想象的差。
EXAMPLE: I didn't think I would like the strange food in the countries I visited on vacation, but I discovered that a lot of it was not half bad, and now I miss it.
我原以为，我不会喜欢上在度假期间所游玩的国家的奇怪食品，但我发现很多食物还不错，现在我怀念它们了。
He's not half as bad as he looks, for all he's so crabbed.
他并不像看上去的那么坏，尽管他脾气暴躁。
She had no idea why Hong was so bad and why her husband had not appeared who had promised her to come back in half a month.
她不明白这个洪小玲怎么会这么坏？而且老公叶城说好半个月就回来，现在都这么久了，还是不见影？
The Italian insurers’ association (ANIA) admits that its figures, which show fraudulence in about 2% of claims in Italy—half as bad as in France—are just not credible.
数据显示意大利的汽车理赔有2%具有欺诈性，这一数字是法国的一半。意大利保险公司协会承认这个数据有点难以相信。
Africa holds half of the land that will be made arable before 2030, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. It's not bad land.
据粮食及农业组织报道，在非洲有一半的土地可保持耕种至2030年，这些都是很好的土地。
Africa holds half of the land that will be made arable before 2030, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.It's not bad land.
据粮食及农业组织报道，在非洲有一半的土地可保持耕种至2030年，这些都是很好的土地。
Tom: Not bad, I guess. I just got back from Hawaii. Sorry, I've got a meeting in half an hour.
汤姆：我觉得还行。我刚从夏威夷回来。不好意思，半小时后我有个会议要参加。
Jermaine Easter's goal meant Chelsea had to settle for a draw at Wycombe after Wayne Bridge had given the Premiership champions a first-half lead but Mourinho believes a draw is not a bad result.
上半场韦恩·布里奇的进球让联赛卫冕冠军取得领先，随后杰梅因·埃斯特的进球意味着切尔西不得不接受一场平局，不过穆里尼奥认为平局不是一个很坏的结果。
But it's not bad, simply because half of our business is audit and people have to pay for audits both in recessions and in boom times.
但这并不坏，就因为我们的一半业务是审计，人们在经济衰退和繁荣时期都需要花钱做审计。
I hoped that my other half, has the knowledge, has the sense of responsibility, has the compassion, is with good intention, is reasonable, knows the book to be open-minded, not bad hobby.
我希望我的另一半，有学识，有责任心，有爱心，善解人意，通情达理，知书豁达，无不良嗜好。
"That's something," Jonathan said rolling to glide inverted for a while. "That's not half as bad as being ahead of our time."
“说得有点道理，”乔纳森说着，打了个滚地，倒着身子滑翔了一会儿，“这比说跑在时代前面好一些。”
For the study, I will redouble our efforts to correct past bad habits, not half-hearted, each discipline will be better than the original results.
对于学习，我会加倍努力，改正以往不良习惯，不三心二意，每门学科会比原来的成绩更好。
Not bad for a product that was introduced only three and a half years ago, and which has faced stiff and growing competition ever since.
对于一款推出时间仅三年半的产品来说，这已经是非常不错的成绩了。更何况，自面世以来，它便一直面临着激烈的竞争，而且竞争愈演愈烈。
Not bad for a product that was introduced only three and a half years ago, and which has faced stiff and growing competition ever since.
对于一款推出时间仅三年半的产品来说，这已经是非常不错的成绩了。更何况，自面世以来，它便一直面临着激烈的竞争，而且竞争愈演愈烈。
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