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

• 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。
• Study on Half Envelop Sensor of Glide Measure Temperature and It's Fault Diagnosis
  半铠装滑动测温传感器及其故障诊断的研究
• 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。
• From the latter half of 1998, Chinese government carried out the Expanding Financial Policy taking infrastructure investment as its focus and with a main measure of issuing state bonds.
  从1998年下半年开始，为了刺激经济增长，我国实行了以基础设施投资为重点的扩张性财政政策，主要手段是发行国债。
• Besides, only six Hall-effect latches, half of which were backups, were used to control commutation and measure the speed with improved M/ T algorithm.
  对普通的M/T测速算法进行了改进，并仅以两组相互备份的六个位置传感器完成了数字转速测量和换相控制。
• The results show that the experiment platform is conveniently to install the half axle, easy to adjust, and quickly and accurately to measure.
  结果表明，所设计的静扭试验台安装方便、调整简单、试验快速而准确。
• 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！
• 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。
• In case of plane strain problem, the effects of viscoelastic infinite half plane foundation on the earthquake response of concrete gravity dams have been investigated. An interaction influence factor is used in this paper as a measure of degree of interaction effect.
  本文在平面应变问题范围内，讨论粘弹性均匀半平面地基对重力坝地震反应（主要指地震荷载）的影响，定义了相互作用影响系数。
• Half of the opponents of the controversial goods and services tax ( GST) would accept an increase in the top salaries tax rate as an alternative measure to broaden the tax base.
  调查显示，销售税一半的反对者接受提高最高薪俸税的税率，以作为扩阔税基的替代措施。