"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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Once managers would say jokingly, " I know that half of what I spend on advertising is wasted, but I don't know which half."

曾经一位经理开玩笑着说，“我知道我在广告上的投入一半是浪费掉的，但是我却并不知道那浪费掉的究竟是哪一半。”

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She frowned at him, only half - jokingly.

她半开玩笑地冲他皱了皱眉。

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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.

ECONOMIST: A survey of Russia

"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.

WSJ: The Ur-Metropolis | Uruk | Pergamon Museum | By A.J. Goldmann