halfway

['hɑ:f'wei]

adj.中途的, 不彻底的
adv.半路地, 在…中间, 折中地

a.

1. (两点间)中途的

The runners reached the halfway mark in the race after 49 seconds.

比赛四十九秒钟后, 赛跑选手抵达了中点。

2. 不完全的, 不彻底的

Halfway measures won't solve the problem.

不彻底的措施将不能解决这一问题。

ad.

1. 在中途; 到一半

I'll meet you halfway between your house and mine.

我在你的房子和我的房子的中间处与你碰面。

You can't go halfway when you're painting the walls.

你刷墙不能只刷一半。

2. 不完全地, 不彻底地

These government measures only go halfway towards solving the problem.

这些政府措施仅能解决问题的一部分。

词义辨析

同义:

ad.中途, 半途, 不彻底

to midpoint  in the middle  in the midst  half-over  half-finished  half-done  at the apex

ad.几乎, 快要

partially  to some degree  moderately  almost  nearly  rather  in part  partly  to a degree  in some measure  fairly  imperfectly

a.半途中的, 折衷的

midway  equidistant  mid  central  middlemost  midmost  intermediate  middle  medium  medial

a.平庸的, 不全面的

partial  part-way  moderate  mediocre  middling  incomplete  imperfect  circumscribed  conditioned  limited  

同义参见:

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英英释义

形容词 halfway:

equally distant from the extremes

同义词：center, middle, midway

at a point midway between two extremes

including only half or a portion

副词 halfway:

at half the distance; at the middle

同义词：midway

补充

halfwayhalfway英:[ˈhɑ:fˈwei] 美:[ˈhæfˈwe, ˈhɑf-]adj. & adv.1.半途(的), 中间(的)2.不彻底(的), 小部分(的)

例句

1. a halfway spot between Durham and Keene达勒姆和基恩之间的中间地点 2. The highway links Vancouver and Whistler, and passes through Squamish at about the halfway point.这条公路连接温哥华和惠斯勒, 大约在中途穿过斯阔米什。 3. Millwall dominated the first half but the match stayed goalless at the halfway mark.米尔沃尔队控制了上半场, 但直到上半场结束双方都没有进球。 4. He was halfway up the ladder.他爬到梯子的一半。 5. Half-way across the car-park, he noticed she was walking with her eyes closed.走到停车场中间时, 他发现她正闭着眼睛走路。 6. She was halfway down when she heard the noise.她向下走到一半时听到了那个响声。 7. By then it was October and we were more than halfway through our tour.那时是十月份, 我们的旅程已经过了大半。 8. He fell asleep halfway through the concert.他在音乐会进行到一半时睡着了。 9. You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent.要有硬通货才能买到像样的东西。 10. All I had to do was be halfway cool.我要做的就是保持适度的冷静。 11. It took a lot of hard negotiating, but they eventually agreed to meet us halfway.这经历了多次艰难的谈判, 但他们最终同意对我们让步。 12. [as adv.]he stopped halfway down the passage.他在通道上走了一半停下来。 13. [as adj.]during the night we passed Kingoonya, the halfway mark.夜里我们经过了位于中途的金古尼亚。 14. [as adv.]halfway through the night.在半夜。 15. I'm incapable of doing anything even halfway decent.无论什么事，我连差强人意都做不到。 16. They have a break halfway through the morning.他们干了半个早上就休息一会儿。 17. She was leading at the halfway mark/point of the race.她在跑过赛程一半时处于领先位置。 18. We're halfway toward completing the project.我们的项目已经完成过半了。 19. "They're only offering halfway measures, not a real solution."他们提出的措施并不完善，不能真正解决问题。 20. I was halfway home when I realized I had forgotten my briefcase.我回家走到半路时突然想起来忘了拿公文包。 21. "The project isn't done yet, but we're halfway there."项目还没完成，但我们已经做了一半了。 22. He stopped halfway up the stairs.他上到楼梯中间时停了下来。 23. We left halfway through the speech.演讲进行到一半我们就离开了。 24. (informal) I'm willing to eat anywhere as long as the food is halfway decent. [=fairly good]只要东西好吃，去哪儿吃都行。