halfway

英 [hɑːf'weɪ; 'hɑːfweɪ] 美[,hæf'we]
  • adv. 到一半;在中途
  • adj. 中途的;不彻底的

TEM4中低频词扩展词汇

英英释意


1. equally distant from the extremes
2. at a point midway between two extremes;
"at the halfway mark"
3. including only half or a portion;
"halfway measures"

英文词源


halfway (adv.)
also half-way, Old English healfweg; see half + way (n.). Halfway house originally was a common name for inns midway between cities or stages.

考试真题


She will meet the man halfway.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Researchers from the University of Surrey and University of Aberdeen are halfway through research looking into the mechanisms behind how the time we eat influences body weight.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Besides, I was only halfway through my report, and everything is in the computer.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 听力 原文

We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

实用场景例句


the halfway point/stage
中间点 / 阶段

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

This only goes halfway to explaining what really happened.
这只是部分地解释了实际发生的事。

牛津词典

I'm afraid we're not even halfway there yet.
恐怕我们连一半的路都还没走完。

牛津词典

He left halfway through the ceremony.
他在仪式进行到一半时离开了。

牛津词典

It's about halfway between London and Bristol.
它大约位于伦敦和布里斯托尔的中间。

牛津词典

All I had to do was be halfway cool.
我要做的只是保持适度的冷静。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was halfway up the ladder...
他正爬到梯子一半。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Education's purpose to replace an empty mind with open one.
教育的目的在于,以开放的心灵代替空虚的心灵.

期刊摘选

He who wills success is halfway to it.
热切争取成功等于成功了一半.

《简明英汉词典》

The performing group began well, but seemed to run out of steam halfway through the year.
演出小组开始时很好, 可是一年还没到头似乎就有些泄气了.

《简明英汉词典》

A house is halfway up the hill.
山的半中腰有一座房子.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Halfway across the field , the farmer ploughed out some very large stones which nearly broke his machine.
这个农民在地里犁地犁到半路的时候, 犁出一些很大的石头,几乎弄坏了他的机器.

《简明英汉词典》

We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.
走到半路,天就黑了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The car broke down on the halfway.
车在半路坏了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

They wouldn't stop halfway however great the difficulties might be.
不管困难多大,他们也不会半途而废.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Before the politician was halfway through his speech, the crowd cried him down.
这个政治家讲了还不到一半, 听众便把他轰了下去.

《简明英汉词典》

When a man sets about going the big figure , halfway measures won't answer at all.
当一个人着手彻底干时, 不彻底的措施是完全不顶事的.

《简明英汉词典》

He lost his way halfway to the shop.
他在去商店的半道儿迷路了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Halfway up the hill , the engine packed up.
走到半山腰, 发动机熄火了.

《简明英汉词典》

We really wanted to build a completely new hospital, but we didn't have the money, so this extension is a kind of halfway house.
我们非常想新建一所医院, 但是没钱, 扩建算是折中方案吧.

《简明英汉词典》

In study the worst danger is give up halfway.
在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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.

《现代汉英综合大词典》