They do nothing by halves.

Things always come too late or come by halves.

然而好事总是姗姗来迟,或者总是不圆满.

Until the 1980s almost all olives were packed into jars by hand.

直到20世纪80年代，几乎所有的橄榄都是手工装罐的。

Farm-workers milked cows by hand.

农场工人用手挤牛奶。

According to the symbol on the label, this sweater should be washed by hand.

根据标签上的符号, 这件针织套衫应该用手洗.

The frozen ground will have to be picked up by hand before machine digging can begin.

这冻土必须挖过后才能用掘土机掘土.

Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.

用擀面杖擀意大利面会是个非常枯燥乏味的活儿。

We picked the corn by hand and we fed it to the hogs and the cows.

我们用手掰下玉米，把它喂给猪和牛吃。

Huge catfish are skinned and dressed by hand.

用手剥去巨鲇的皮,并剖洗干净.

He brought up the child by hand.

那孩子是他亲手带大的.

It is manufactured by hand.

这是手工制造的.

The dish was made of silver, beaten out by hand.

这盘子是银制的, 是手工打造的.

We received a typewritten letter with a note added by hand.

我们收到一封用打字机打出的信,附有手写的一张字条.

Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand.

这里种植水稻的农场主仍是人工种植和收割庄稼。

It is worth taking the trouble to sieve the fruit by hand.

值得费点劲用手挑挑果子。

Why don't you write out a speech and get it by heart?

你为什么不写份讲稿,然后把它背下来?

The children all had to learn the poem by heart.

孩子们都得把这首诗背出来.

She pretended indignation though she was by heart very glad.

尽管她内心十分高兴,她却装作生气的样子.

The students had to learn the poem by heart.

学生们必须背诵这首诗.

All you have to do is learn it by heart.

你只要做的就是把它背出来.

Being illiterate, he had to learn the stories by heart.

由于不识字, 这些故事他都得背下来.