halfway
美[ˌhæf'weɪ] 英[ˌhɑːf'weɪ]
adj. 中途的;不彻底的
adv. 半路地;在…中间;折中地
英英释义
Adjective- equally distant from the extremes
- at a point midway between two extremes;
"at the halfway mark"
- including only half or a portion;
"halfway measures"
Adverb- at half the distance; at the middle;
"he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)- A pavilion is halfway up the hill.山的半中腰有一座亭子。
- Halfway measures won't solve the problem.不彻底的措施将不能解决这一问题。
用作副词(adv.)- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路, 天就黑了。
- The car began to get ahead halfway through the race那辆车在比赛的半途开始领先。
- 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。
- We live roughly halfway between here and the coast.我们住的地方大致在这里和海滨中间。
- They met us halfway so that we could make a deal that worked for all of us.由于他们对我们做了让步,所以我们能够做成这笔使双方都能受益的交易。