But cast your mind back to late 2008. Then, the share prices of the world’s biggest banks could halve in minutes.

但是，让我们把目光投回到2008年底，当时世界诸多大型银行的股价瞬间减半。

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When Emag, the German machine toolmaker, saw its revenues halve in 2009, its owner decided to take radical measures.

德国机械工具制造商埃马克2009年营收减半，老东家决定采取大刀阔斧的举措。

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Halve bread lengthwise and evenly coat cut sides with garlic spread.

法棍面包纵向切开之后，将切面均匀涂上大蒜和黄油混合物。

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The report said agriculture was "a vital development tool" for achieving the Millennium Development Goal to halve poverty by 2015.

该份报告称，农业是实现千年发展目标――到2015年减少一半的贫困人口――的“一个主要发展工具”。

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It wants the president to more than halve the number of imports allowed into the country from 46m last year to 21m.

该工会要求总统把允许进口至美国的轮胎数目削减一半以上，从去年的4600万条减至2100万条。

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It had also agreed to halve its holding in Rio’s Hammersley iron ore mine from 15 per cent to 7. 5 per cent.

该公司还同意将其在力拓哈默斯利（Hammersley）铁矿的持股比例从15%减至7.

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The company thinks it can halve the costs associated with drilling enhanced geothermal fields.

该公司认为，这项技术可以将钻探强地热区域的相关费用减半。

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The equipment sells for $10, 000 but tax credits in effect halve the cost.

该设备的售价为1万美元，但实际上税收减免一半的费用。

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Labour’s plans would halve the budget deficit and remove the bulk of the structural deficit in four years.

工党原计划在4年时间里，将预算赤字削减一半，并消除大部分的结构性赤字。

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Excessive driving emits redundant green house gases and walking could easily halve that problem or even lower.

过度的开车排放过剩的温室气体，而走路可以简单的将这个问题减半或甚至降到更低。

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Even the agreement to halve carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 that was agreed upon in L’Aquila has been sidelined.

即使到2050年前将二氧化碳排放削减一半的协议是也不再提上议事日程。

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Even if we, say, halve all carbon emissions today, it would not have an immediate effect on atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

即使假定我们今天将碳排放总量减半，对大气中的二氧化碳浓度也不会产生直接影响。

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SEVERAL years ago, your correspondent found his telephone bill was getting out of hand and vowed to halve it.

几年之前，你的通信对象发现他的电话费单已经失去了控制，并且发誓要将之减半。

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It would take Cambodia 15 years to reduce its per capita GDP gap with Singapore by 25 per cent, and 34 years to halve it.

柬埔寨需要15年时间，才能将其与新加坡的人均国内生产总值（GDP）差距缩小25%，而要将这一差距缩小一半，则需要34年时间。

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halve the purchase tax on small-displacement automobiles

减半征收小排量汽车购置税

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Halve the passionfruit and scoop the seeds and juice into the pan.

将百香果切开，将籽和果汁倒入平底锅。

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Even if France raises its retirement age to 63, it will only halve that shortfall.

尽管法国已经vague把法定退休年龄提高到了63岁，这部分赤字也只会减少一半。

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These lower interest and exchange rates roughly halve the pain of budgetary repairs, the IMF calculates.

据国际货币基金委员会的估计，这些比先前低的利率以及汇率大概各自承担着修整预算的一半的阵痛。

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A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists.

科学家表示，即便日常食用适量的大豆制品也可能会影响精子的产生。

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Every rich country dutifully signed up to the millennium development goals and pledged to halve world hunger by 2015.

每一个富有国家都有责任签订新千年发展目标，并成承诺到2015年前将世界饥饿人口数目降至现在的一半。

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Net borrowings rose slightly to $39bn, but will more than halve by year end thanks to Rio’s cash call and $5. 7bn of asset sales.

目前净负债微增至390亿美元，但到年底，凭借增发融资和资产出售所得的57亿美元，债务有望减少一半以上。

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Internal has normally on seven color, consistency flash, consistency strobe, smooth, pursuit, halve , accumulate and other lighting mode

内部具有常亮七彩，一致跳变，一致渐变，流水，追逐，中分，堆积等灯光模式。

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CNPC’s Lanzhou Petrochemical will halve the volume.

其中，中石油兰州石化本月的原油加工量将减少一半。

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One of the most important is the 818-mile Beijing-Shanghai line, which will halve the journey time to four hours.

其中最重要的一条是长818英里北京-上海线，旅程时间将缩短一半至4个小时。

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Ms Choyleva predicts that annual growth over the next decade will halve from the 10 per cent level to which China has become accustomed.

乔伊列娃预测，未来十年，中国的年增长率将会较其业已习惯的10%下降一半。

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If sales growth tapers off faster than expected or if systems spending becomes a bottomless pit, you can halve that valuation for starters.

如果销售额的增速下降得比预期要快，或者，如果系统支出变成一个无底洞，你可以把这些初创企业的估值砍掉一半。

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Today, you can get a 16-GB SanDisk SansaView MP3 player for $100; by next year, its capacity will double, and its price will halve .

如今，你只花100美元就能买到一部16GB的SanDiskSansaViewMP3播放器；而且明年它的容量会翻倍，价格也会折半。

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Oil prices also climbed on China’s announcement, which will halve import duty on products like diesel and petrol.

石油价格也因中国的上述公告而走高。中国将把柴油和汽油等产品的进口关税下调50%。

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Trials have shown it can halve the number of people who return to smoking after trying to give up.

试验表明，它能减少一半试图戒烟的人重新吸烟。

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Shougang has also said it would halve its production this year, and may shut down production several months ahead of the Games.

首钢集团还表示，将把今年的产量削减一半，还有可能在奥运会开幕前几个月开始停产。

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