1·The quartette was not half bad, either.
那个四重唱（节目）也很不错。
2·The dictionary is not half bad.
这本字典很好。
3·That's not half bad.
这个很不错。
4·Not half bad!
一点也不差！（相当好！）
5·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。
6·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。
7·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。
8·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？
9·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。
10·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。