halfway
adjective,adverb
uk/ˌhɑːfˈweɪ/us/ˌhæfˈweɪ/in themiddleof something, or at aplacethat isequallyfarfrom two otherplaces:
在中间(的);在中途(的)New York City is halfwaybetweenBoston and Washington, DC.纽约市位于波士顿和华盛顿特区的中间。
I'd like you tolookat thediagramthat is halfwaydownpage27.请你们往下看27页中间的图表。
Shestartedfeelingsickhalfwaythroughdinner.她饭吃到一半就开始感到恶心。
The management'sproposalsdon'tevengohalfwaytowardsmeetingourdemands.管理层的提案距离我们的要求还差得远呢。
Between
- 'twixt
- (in) between timesidiom
- amid
- among
- between
- betwixt
- block
- in
- in-between
- inter
- interleave
- intermediate
- interstitial
- intervening
- liminal
- mid
- midst
- partway
halfway
adverb
uk/ˌhɑːfˈweɪ/us/ˌhæfˈweɪ/not very, but enough to besatisfactory:
还可以,过得去Any halfwaydecentteachershould beabletoexplainthedifferencebetweentransitiveandintransitiveverbs.任何一个像样的老师都应该能解释及物动词和不及物动词的区别。
Some and quite
- (a) sort ofidiom
- a piece/slice/share of the pieidiom
- bit
- certain
- degree
- faintly
- fairly
- ha'porth
- marginally
- mildly
- pretty
- quite
- rather
- remotely
- several
- some
- to a/some degreeidiom
- touch
- trifle
- vaguely