Her attempt to convince me was halfhearted.

她半心半意地劝我。

" Hey, Mike, " I called, waving back, unable to be halfhearted on a morning like this.

“嗨，迈克。”我喊着，向他挥手。我不能在这样一个早晨表现得毫无兴致。

" And one can't drive a Volvo all of one's life, " he said with an attempt at a halfhearted smile.

“总不能一辈子开沃尔沃。”他口是心非地笑着。

I mean, this was always the Wild West and sort of halfhearted efforts at regulating, or pretending to regulate, just made things worse.

我的意思是， 这一直是狂野的西部，在监管或假装监管方面半心半意的努力只会让事情变得更糟。

One of those fascinating things, which is that this was announced in the September 2021 Labour conference, and I remember being very interested at the time, but the way it was briefed out was very halfhearted.

其中一件令人着迷的事情是， 这是在 2021 年 9 月的工党会议上宣布的，我记得当时我非常感兴趣，但简报的方式却很冷淡。