Harry half wished he hadn't found out how to work Riddle's diary.

哈利甚至有点希望他没有发现怎样阅读里德尔的日记。

It all seemed a terrible mess now and she half heartedly wished she had said nothing about it.

现在似乎是乱套了，她又真有点后悔，觉得不该提起这件事。

He longed to keep Tom, and yet he half wished he never had caught him; and at last he quite longed to get rid of him.

他很想留住汤姆， 但又有点希望自己从来没有抓到他。 最后他很想摆脱他。

'Oh! thank you, ' exclaimed Margaret; and then, half wishing to read it alone and unwatched, she made the excuse of going to tell her mother again (Sarah surely had made some mistake) that Mr. Lennox was there.

'哦！谢谢你，玛格丽特叫道。 然后，她有点想独自一人不看书， 便找借口再次告诉她妈妈（莎拉肯定弄错了）伦诺克斯先生在场。