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Halfway Adv Means Middle Meet 英[ˌhɑ:Fˈweɪ 美[ˌhæfˈweɪ Adv.在中途;到一半;在中间;大致上

单词 halfway
音标
英[ˌhɑ:fˈweɪ] 美[ˌhæfˈweɪ]
解释
adv.在中途;到一半;在中间;大致上;
例句

ADV
(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.
例: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。
例:He was halfway up the ladder...他正爬到梯子一半。

ADV
(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.
例: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。

PHRASE
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.
例:The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.民主党人愿意向总统作部分让步。

ADV
过得去地;大致上
Halfway means reasonably.
例: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。
例: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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