halfway
UK [ˌhɑ:f'weɪ] US [ˌhæf-] adjective adverb
■in the middle of something, or at a place which is equally far from two other places 在中间（的）；在中途（的）•York is halfway between Edinburgh and London.约克位于爱丁堡和伦敦的中间。 •I'd like you to look at the diagram which is halfway down page 27.请你们往下看27页中间的图表。 •She started feeling sick halfway through dinner.她饭吃到一半就开始感到恶心。 •The management's proposals don't even go halfway towards meeting our demands.管理阶层的提案距离我们的要求还差得远呢。
UK [ˌhɑ:f'weɪ] US [ˌhæf-] adverb
■not very, but satisfactorily 还可以，过得去•Any halfway decent teacher should be able to explain the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.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。 |