halfway

英 [ˌhɑːfˈweɪ]

美 [ˌhæfˈweɪ]

adv.  在…的中间; 在中途; 到一半; 部分地做(或达到)…; 还不错的; 过得去的

TEM8

Collins.2 / BNC.6848 / COCA.4587

习惯用语

adv.

meet sb halfway
• 和某人妥协；对某人作出让步
  to reach an agreement with sb by giving them part of what they want

牛津词典

adv.

• 在…的中间；在中途；到一半
  at an equal distance between two points; in the middle of a period of time
  1. It's about halfway between London and Bristol.
     它大约位于伦敦和布里斯托尔的中间。
  2. He left halfway through the ceremony.
     他在仪式进行到一半时离开了。
  3. I'm afraid we're not even halfway there yet.
     恐怕我们连一半的路都还没走完。
• 部分地做（或达到）…
  part of the way towards doing or achieving sth
  1. This only goes halfway to explaining what really happened.
     这只是部分地解释了实际发生的事。
• 还不错的；过得去的
  fairly, but not very, good
  1. Any halfway decent map will give you that information.
     任何一张还算像样的地图都能提供那些信息。

柯林斯词典

• ADV （空间上）在中间，在中途
  Halfwaymeans in the middle of a place or between two points, at an equal distance from each of them.
  1. 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。
  2. He was halfway up the ladder...
     他正爬到梯子一半。
  3. She was halfway down when she heard the noise.
     她向下走到一半时，听到了响声。
• ADV （时间）到一半;（事情）进行到中途
  Halfwaymeans in the middle of a period of time or of an event.
  1. 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。
  2. Halfwayis also an adjective.
     
  3. 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。
• PHRASE 对…作部分让步;与…妥协
  If youmeetsomeonehalfway, you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them.
  1. 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
  Halfwaymeans reasonably.
  1. 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。
  2. All I had to do was be halfway cool.
     我要做的只是保持适度的冷静。

英英释义

adj

• equally distant from the extremes
  Synonym:center(a)middle(a)midway
• including only half or a portion
  1. halfway measures
• at a point midway between two extremes
  1. at the halfway mark

adv

• at half the distance
  1. he was halfway down the ladder when he fell
  Synonym:midway

双语例句

• The car broke down on the halfway.
  车在半路坏了。
• He lost his way halfway to the shop.
  他在去商店的半道儿迷路了。
• I started to watch the clock about halfway through the class.
  课大约上了一半，我就开始不停地看时间。
• She was halfway down when she heard the noise.
  她向下走到一半时，听到了响声。
• We must carry the experiment through to the end, not give up halfway.
  这项试验一定要搞到底，不能半途而废。
• Halfway up the hill, we sat down to catch our breath.
  到了半山腰，我们坐下来舒气。
• It was a steep climb, so we rested for a while halfway up the hill.
  因山势高峻，乃在山腰休息片时。
• The car broke down halfway, we were very anxious.
  半道儿上汽车竟然抛锚了，我们急坏了。
• The Newton Hotel is halfway up a steep hill.
  丽东酒店位于陡峭的半山腰上。
• The chess player confused the computer by making some irrational moves halfway through the game.
  那个棋手在下到一半时走了几步不合常规的棋，弄得与他对弈的计算机无法应付。