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Definition of halfway in English: halfwayadverb & adjectiveˈhɑːfweɪhɑːfˈweɪ 1At or to a point equidistant between two others. 在(或到)中途(的),半路上(的) as adverb he stopped halfway down the passage 他在通道上走了一半停下来。 as adjective during the night we passed Kingoonya, the halfway mark 夜里我们经过了位于中途的金古尼亚。 Example sentencesExamples - By the time he reached the bottom of the stairs, Chris was already halfway to the door.
- The fundraising appeal is ongoing and has almost reached the £100,000 halfway point.
- It was about when she reached the halfway mark between the store and dumpsters that she heard the low rumble of a souped engine roar.
- It would easily take a week, if they had no problems, to climb those mountains and reach a halfway mark.
- When we reached about the halfway point, then the mortar and artillery fire started falling.
- I felt I should no more drop out halfway than a junior officer would have hung back when ordering his troops to go over the top.
- The orienteering course its members were on was at about the halfway point of the race.
- This fine pitch is roughly halfway between Headley's Bridge and Knocknagoshel.
- Daniel stopped halfway upstairs and looked at her with a pained expression on his face.
- He was already halfway across the open-plan lawn, discarding his clothes to reveal an all-over tan.
- It was when we finally reached the halfway point that things began to get more difficult.
- At that time of day, of course, the ferry was already almost halfway to Montserrat.
- I wanted to pour my heart out and tell them I was only halfway home.
- It may also make sense to add another crossing pipe halfway uphill of the one that washed out.
- I'm past the halfway mark, it's going to be finished and I am going to get out!
- After the concert, the storm was so intense my dad had to pull over halfway home.
- Imagine Updike's Couples remixed by Brett Easton Ellis and you're halfway home.
- The club now boasts 606 members in total with the halfway mark of the 1500 target hovering into view.
- Keep going with the article, it starts slow but about halfway down starts getting into the real meaning.
- By the time we reached the halfway point of the climb, our water supply was gone.
Synonyms midway, middle, mid, central, centre, intermediate, equidistant between two points mean, median, average technical medial, mesial rare intermedial midway, at the mid point, in the middle, in the centre to the middle, to the mid point part of the way, at some point, part way - 1.1 In the middle of a period of time.
(时间)到一半 as adverb halfway through the night 在半夜。 Example sentencesExamples - Bob, we have passed the halfway mark of the season with the team leading both championships.
- Abby became DJ for the night, which led to songs being changed halfway.
- We haven't even reached the halfway point in the season yet and you're tipping us for disaster.
- Ms Beeny is so very annoying that I can usually feel my hackles rising before the programme has even reached the halfway point.
- I've been to gigs where I wanted the set to go on all night, gigs where I left halfway through the support act.
- One night halfway through the first year, he woke me up at half two in the morning, stoned and visibly shaken.
- Even when I got home halfway through the night last night I was still on cloud nine.
- There are some female stars past the halfway mark in their lives who can still sell out world tours.
- Try and do this halfway through the revision period, the sleepover can be a mixture of work and fun.
- So anyone can see why my attention was dwindling about halfway through first period.
- Perhaps they just got kind of bored around the halfway mark, and decided to ship.
- With the top two going up to division one, Acomb are handily placed as the season heads towards the halfway mark.
- She was about halfway through the class period when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
- Summerbee has been a major factor in the club's surge into the play-off places as the season approaches the halfway mark.
- It drives you insane because, halfway through, you switch to the night shift.
- A six-year scheme to highlight historical sites in Burnley has reached its halfway point.
- I was watching Predator on telly last night, and burst out laughing about halfway through.
- You are in the middle of a meeting with the boss, or halfway through a lip-smacking meal.
- It took them until halfway through the second period to click back into gear.
Synonyms middle, centre, midpoint, halfway point, kernel, nub, focal point - 1.2as adverb To some extent.
一定程度上;部分地 I'm incapable of doing anything even halfway decent 无论什么事,我连差强人意都做不到。 Example sentencesExamples - These issues should be easy and cheap to find in any comic store with a halfway decent back stock.
- It's fine for taking stills, but we found it requires the user to sit very still in front of the cam if you want a halfway decent photo.
- At least it's got some halfway decent teachers and good labs and stuff.
- So, maybe between them Rimington and Jennings have written a halfway entertaining book.
- A couple of halfway decent, if rather weedy, hits would see us within chipping distance, so we went for it.
- If I do a search on there to see which weblogs are linking to mine it provides me a halfway decent list.
- He also mentions some halfway decent Manc acts like Roger, Bynatone, Nylon Pylon and Double Grey.
- Everyone knows that the only reason I sound like a halfway decent singer is that I have a great band with me to cover my bad notes.
- With the fairways cut and greens in halfway decent shape, it was bound to happen that good scores would be shot.
- At this point she started to reach for anything to say, but then, she got a halfway decent idea.
- At best the sound was halfway decent, along the lines of a typical cell phone call.
- Scott had talked him into getting rid of the wristbands so he could look halfway decent for the prom.
- If it had even a halfway decent interface, it would probably be fun to play.
- That wasn't a bad place to pitch if you really knew how to pitch and had halfway decent control.
- Like any halfway decent hero, Kingstone's looking out for the little guy - sort of.
- Restaurants actually started to offer halfway decent veggie food.
- It was a simple weapon, standard issue, but it was steel, with halfway decent heft.
- That was back in the days when they awarded prizes to stuff that was halfway entertaining and interesting.
- Dressed like a dosser, he shuffles about, teaching Caviezel how to make banal lines sound halfway decent.
- At last, a halfway decent British movie after what has so far amounted to a pretty depressing year for UK cinema.
Synonyms to some extent/degree, to a certain extent/degree, in some measure, rather, relatively, comparatively, moderately, cautiously, somewhat, (up) to a point in part, partly, part, just about, almost, nearly informal ish
Rhymesaffray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of halfway in US English: halfwayadjective & adverbˈhæfˌweɪˈhafˌwā 1At or to a point equidistant between two others. 在(或到)中途(的),半路上(的) as adverb he stopped halfway down the passage 他在通道上走了一半停下来。 as adjective she reached the halfway point Example sentencesExamples - This fine pitch is roughly halfway between Headley's Bridge and Knocknagoshel.
- By the time he reached the bottom of the stairs, Chris was already halfway to the door.
- After the concert, the storm was so intense my dad had to pull over halfway home.
- It may also make sense to add another crossing pipe halfway uphill of the one that washed out.
- The fundraising appeal is ongoing and has almost reached the £100,000 halfway point.
- I'm past the halfway mark, it's going to be finished and I am going to get out!
- By the time we reached the halfway point of the climb, our water supply was gone.
- At that time of day, of course, the ferry was already almost halfway to Montserrat.
- I felt I should no more drop out halfway than a junior officer would have hung back when ordering his troops to go over the top.
- The club now boasts 606 members in total with the halfway mark of the 1500 target hovering into view.
- The orienteering course its members were on was at about the halfway point of the race.
- It was about when she reached the halfway mark between the store and dumpsters that she heard the low rumble of a souped engine roar.
- He was already halfway across the open-plan lawn, discarding his clothes to reveal an all-over tan.
- I wanted to pour my heart out and tell them I was only halfway home.
- When we reached about the halfway point, then the mortar and artillery fire started falling.
- Imagine Updike's Couples remixed by Brett Easton Ellis and you're halfway home.
- It would easily take a week, if they had no problems, to climb those mountains and reach a halfway mark.
- Keep going with the article, it starts slow but about halfway down starts getting into the real meaning.
- It was when we finally reached the halfway point that things began to get more difficult.
- Daniel stopped halfway upstairs and looked at her with a pained expression on his face.
Synonyms midway, middle, mid, central, centre, intermediate, equidistant between two points midway, at the mid point, in the middle, in the centre - 1.1 In the middle of a period of time.
(时间)到一半 as adverb halfway through the night 在半夜。 Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps they just got kind of bored around the halfway mark, and decided to ship.
- There are some female stars past the halfway mark in their lives who can still sell out world tours.
- It drives you insane because, halfway through, you switch to the night shift.
- So anyone can see why my attention was dwindling about halfway through first period.
- Bob, we have passed the halfway mark of the season with the team leading both championships.
- Abby became DJ for the night, which led to songs being changed halfway.
- I was watching Predator on telly last night, and burst out laughing about halfway through.
- It took them until halfway through the second period to click back into gear.
- Even when I got home halfway through the night last night I was still on cloud nine.
- A six-year scheme to highlight historical sites in Burnley has reached its halfway point.
- Ms Beeny is so very annoying that I can usually feel my hackles rising before the programme has even reached the halfway point.
- She was about halfway through the class period when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
- One night halfway through the first year, he woke me up at half two in the morning, stoned and visibly shaken.
- Summerbee has been a major factor in the club's surge into the play-off places as the season approaches the halfway mark.
- You are in the middle of a meeting with the boss, or halfway through a lip-smacking meal.
- I've been to gigs where I wanted the set to go on all night, gigs where I left halfway through the support act.
- With the top two going up to division one, Acomb are handily placed as the season heads towards the halfway mark.
- Try and do this halfway through the revision period, the sleepover can be a mixture of work and fun.
- We haven't even reached the halfway point in the season yet and you're tipping us for disaster.
Synonyms middle, centre, midpoint, halfway point, kernel, nub, focal point - 1.2as adverb To some extent.
一定程度上;部分地 I'm incapable of doing anything even halfway decent 无论什么事,我连差强人意都做不到。 Example sentencesExamples - He also mentions some halfway decent Manc acts like Roger, Bynatone, Nylon Pylon and Double Grey.
- That was back in the days when they awarded prizes to stuff that was halfway entertaining and interesting.
- It's fine for taking stills, but we found it requires the user to sit very still in front of the cam if you want a halfway decent photo.
- So, maybe between them Rimington and Jennings have written a halfway entertaining book.
- Restaurants actually started to offer halfway decent veggie food.
- With the fairways cut and greens in halfway decent shape, it was bound to happen that good scores would be shot.
- Dressed like a dosser, he shuffles about, teaching Caviezel how to make banal lines sound halfway decent.
- At least it's got some halfway decent teachers and good labs and stuff.
- That wasn't a bad place to pitch if you really knew how to pitch and had halfway decent control.
- If it had even a halfway decent interface, it would probably be fun to play.
- Everyone knows that the only reason I sound like a halfway decent singer is that I have a great band with me to cover my bad notes.
- At last, a halfway decent British movie after what has so far amounted to a pretty depressing year for UK cinema.
- If I do a search on there to see which weblogs are linking to mine it provides me a halfway decent list.
- Scott had talked him into getting rid of the wristbands so he could look halfway decent for the prom.
- It was a simple weapon, standard issue, but it was steel, with halfway decent heft.
- At best the sound was halfway decent, along the lines of a typical cell phone call.
- These issues should be easy and cheap to find in any comic store with a halfway decent back stock.
- Like any halfway decent hero, Kingstone's looking out for the little guy - sort of.
- A couple of halfway decent, if rather weedy, hits would see us within chipping distance, so we went for it.
- At this point she started to reach for anything to say, but then, she got a halfway decent idea.
Synonyms to some degree, to some extent, to a certain degree, to a certain extent, in some measure, rather, relatively, comparatively, moderately, cautiously, somewhat, to a point, up to a point
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