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meet halfway

/haf-wey, hahf-/US // ˈhæfˈweɪ, ˈhɑf- //UK // (ˌhɑːfˈweɪ) //

中途相遇,半途而废,中途会面,中途相会

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : to half the distance; to midpoint: The rope reaches only halfway.
    • : almost; nearly; just about: He halfway surrendered to their demands.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : midway, as between two places or points.
    • : going to or covering only half or part of the full extent: halfway measures.

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Examples

  • It did occur to me that a single misstep could leave me broken and bloody on the rocks below, but I was now halfway up and my pride was on the line.

  • The project, replacing deteriorating platforms at 20 stations, is more than halfway complete.

  • Combine it with the ingenious gift of a bag of frozen tater tots and you’re halfway to having someone else make you actual hot dish, the greatest gift of all.

  • We estimated a median police salary for a typical officer by filtering pension data to find the base salaries of officers with 10 years on the job, that is, those who were halfway through a 20-year career.

  • Fill the ramekin halfway with batter, add 1 tablespoon of the ganache and then cover with the rest of the batter.

  • I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

  • Halfway through his second term, Johnson has enjoyed a charmed life.

  • The likes of Coffman are “probably” already halfway wards of the state anyhow.

  • Flying an Ebola patient halfway across the world is a difficult undertaking, to say the least.

  • It ends up halfway around the world, then back in New York.

  • Being only halfway in control of his own planetary system was no state to be found in by the first interstellar visitors.

  • Wentworth rang up from his rooms; they're probably halfway through lunch by now, and they'll be round in ten minutes.

  • From where he sat, both figures were above him, sheltered halfway up the long sliding slope.

  • The Black Hood took a couple of strides and then leaped from halfway down the steps.

  • They leaned against the ladders easily about halfway up, their fluffy short hair gleaming in the sun.