
英:/'ˌhɑːfˈweɪ/ 美:/'ˌhæfˈweɪ/
到一半
CET4,CET6,IELTS
adv. 到一半;在中途
adj. 中途的;不徹底的
I didn't get anything halfway decent at the flea market.
我在跳蚤市場沒買到一點像樣的東西。
The game is in the halfway point of the season.
比賽已經進入賽季的半程了。
He left halfway through the wedding.
婚禮進行到一半他就走了。
New York City is halfway between Boston and Washington, DC.
紐約市位于波士頓和華盛頓特區的中間
New York City is halfway between Boston and Washington, DC.
紐約市位于波士頓和華盛頓特區的中間
Sherry dropped her literature class halfway through the semester.
Sherry這學期上到一半就退了她的文學課。
The plot was painfully predictable and nearly a third of the au***nce fell asleep halfway through.
故事情節毫無懸念,近三分之一的觀衆中途睡着了。
I got halfway to my office when I realized that I’d left my documents at home.
我馬上就要到辦公室了,這時我發現,我把文件落在了家裡的。
A: Aren't you a fully certified lifeguard? B: Not quite. I'm only halfway there.
A:你不是經認證合格的救生員嘛?B:還不是,還差得遠。
He dislikes quitting halfway and tries his best to do everything all the way through.
他不喜歡中途放棄,所以他不管做什麼總是堅持到底。
Halfway through the marathon, you might feel like you've hit a wall, but you will eventually break through the resistance.
馬拉松跑到半程,你會感覺自己好像撞上了一堵牆,但是你最終能夠突破阻礙。
Honestly, I’m halfway there. But have you heard about these anti-addiction features that tech giants like Google are rolling out?
老實說,我已經快了。哎,你聽說過像谷歌這樣的科技巨頭正在推出防沉迷功能嗎?
I'm afraid we're not even halfway there yet.
恐怕我們連一半的路都還沒走完。
Halfway down the cigarette she had a fit of coughing.
煙抽到一半時,她一陣咳嗽。
Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in.
這一章我讀到一半才意識到我根本沒有看懂。
I decided to paint the bathroom ceiling but ran out of steam halfway through.
我決定要粉刷浴室天花闆,但幹了一半就筋疲力盡了。
The car broke down on the halfway.
車在半路壞了。
give up halfway
半途而廢;中途放棄
halfway house
n. 路程之中途地點;小客棧
meet halfway
讓步;妥協
adj.|intermediary/inexhaustive;中途的;不徹底的
halfway(副詞/形容詞)指在兩點之間的中間位置、時間點或程度狀态,強調未完成但已達成部分進程的含義。以下是詳細解析:
空間位置
表示物理距離的中點,如兩地之間的中途位置。
例:The petrol station ishalfway between London and Oxford.(加油站位于倫敦和牛津的中間位置。)
時間或進程
指事件進行到一半的階段,或目标完成50%的狀态。
例:She gave uphalfway through the race.(她在比賽進行到一半時放棄了。)
抽象概念
用于描述妥協、折中方案,即雙方各退一步。
例:Meeting each otherhalfway resolved the conflict.(雙方各退一步解決了沖突。)
在起點和終點之間;部分完成(某事)。
處于中間點;不完整但已取得部分進展。
字面或比喻意義上的“中途”,源自中古英語 half wey(半程)。
副詞用法
形容詞用法
源自14世紀中古英語 half wey,由 half(一半)與 way(路徑)複合而成,最初僅表空間概念,後擴展至時間與抽象場景。
Management agreed tomeet the union halfway.(管理層同意與工會各退一步。)
He lefthalfway through the meeting.(會議開到一半他就離開了。)
參考資料:
“halfway” 是一個常用詞,既可作形容詞也可作副詞,核心含義是“中途的/地;部分的/地”,具體用法如下:
通過具體語境,“halfway” 可靈活表達位置、進度或程度的中間狀态,既可用于具體場景,也可描述抽象概念。
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