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Halfway Meet Middle Make Adv 副词 Means Began

英语单词 halfway
英美音标 英 [ˌhɑːf'weɪ] 美 [ˌhæf'weɪ]
中文释义 adj.中途的;不彻底的
adv.半路地;在…中间;折中地
英语例句 (1) A pavilion is halfway up the hill.
(2) Halfway measures won't solve the problem.
(3) We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.
(4) The car began to get ahead halfway through the race
(5) I'll meet you halfway between your house and mine.
(6) We live roughly halfway between here and the coast.
中文例句 (1) 山的半中腰有一座亭子。
(2) 不彻底的措施将不能解决这一问题。
(3) 走到半路, 天就黑了。
(4) 那辆车在比赛的半途开始领先。
(5) 我在你的房子和我的房子的中间处与你碰面。
(6) 我们住的地方大致在这里和海滨中间。
vocabulary简明 When you're halfway, you're at the middle point of something. If you pause to catch your breath halfway up a hill, you still have half the hill left to climb.
vocabulary扩展 You can make it halfway along a marathon route, or 13 miles, and you can also make it halfway through your book before you fall asleep. You might only make it halfway through an enormous slice of cake, or halfway through math class before you start to nod off. A halfway house, originally an inn between two cities, but today it's a place where released criminals or recovered addicts can live while they get back on their feet.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADV 副词](空间上)在中间,在中途 Halfway means in the middle of a place or between two points, at an equal distance from each of them.
  [usu ADV prep/adv]
  • Half-way across the car-park, he noticed she was walking with her eyes closed...

    走到停车场中间时,他看到她在闭着眼走路。

  • He was halfway up the ladder...

    他正爬到梯子一半。

  • She was halfway down when she heard the noise.

    她向下走到一半时,听到了响声。

2
[ADV 副词](时间)到一半;(事情)进行到中途 Halfway means in the middle of a period of time or of an event.
  [ADV prep/adv]
  [ADJ n]
  • By then, it was October and we were more than halfway through our tour.

    那时已是10月,我们已经完成了行程的一大半了。

  • Halfway is also an adjective.
    • Welsh international Matthew Postle was third fastest at the halfway point.

      到半程时,威尔士的世界级选手马修·波斯特尔位居第三。

3
[PHRASE 短语]对…作部分让步;与…妥协 If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them.
  [V inflects]
  • The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.

    民主党人愿意向总统作部分让步。

4
[ADV 副词]过得去地;大致上 Halfway means reasonably.
  [ADV adj]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent...

    你得有硬通货才能买到还算不错的东西。

  • All I had to do was be halfway cool.

    我要做的只是保持适度的冷静。

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