网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 halfway house
释义
halfway house
noun
uk
/ˌhɑːf.weɪ ˈhaʊs/us
/ˌhæf.weɪ ˈhaʊs/
[C]
aplacewhereprisonersorpeoplewithmentalhealthproblemscanstayafter theyleaveprisonorhospitaland before theystarttoliveontheirown
（为犯人或精神病人重返社会设立的）过渡教习所，重返社会训练所
[Cusually singular]
something thatcombinesparticularfeaturesof two other things,especiallyinordertotrytopleasepeoplewho do not like the two things ontheirown:
折中办法，妥协方案
The newproposalsare ahalfwayhousebetweentheoriginaltreatyand therevisedversion.新提案是原始协议和修改后的协议的折中。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Prisons & parts of prisons
  • approved school
  • Bastille
  • boot camp
  • borstal
  • brig
  • clink
  • dungeon
  • gaol
  • gaoler
  • HMP
  • open prison
  • panopticon
  • penal colony
  • penitentiary
  • prison
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • the gulag
  • warder
  • young offender institution
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Solving and solutions
(Definition ofhalfway housefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhalfway house

halfway house
So this is ahalfwayhouse.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The authors prefer the risks attached to immediate reliance on competition law to the risks associated with thehalfwayhouseof semi-regulated and semi-competitive markets (p. 24).
From theCambridge English Corpus
I think that in the amendments which are now on the table, we have found some kind ofhalfwayhouse.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
One goes, another takes its place; this is a ‘halfwayhouse’, not a safe home.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Was this to be, as he put it, ahalfwayhouse?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is ahalfwayhouse—a bed-and-breakfast tax added to a property tax.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We have to have ahalfwayhousebetween the two roles if we are to maintain confidence in continuity in government.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Is there not a possiblehalfwayhousewhich would avoid the wholesale breach of the principle of article 2·7?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I think that thathalfwayhousewould have no basis either in logic or in morals.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is a very goodhalfwayhousebetween two difficulties.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why, therefore, should we apologise about what we consider to be ahalfwayhousetowards privatisation?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is nohalfwayhouse, and if you try to find one you do immense harm.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I accept that my amendment is only ahalfwayhouseand that it is not particularly satisfactory.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If we do not want to go the whole hog towards private rented accommodation, there is ahalfwayhousein the voluntary housing movement.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The exacthalfwayhousebetween these two figures is nineteen.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/halfway-house##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 6:09:49