1MIDDLEat a middle point in space or time between two things 〔空间或时间的〕中间(的),半途(的)SYN partway
halfway through/up/down/between etc
He chased Kevin halfway up the stairs.
他追凯文一直追到楼梯的中间。
It was a terrible film – I left halfway through.
这部电影太烂,我看到一半就离场了。
traffic queues stretching back halfway to London
中途停滞、一路排到伦敦的汽车长龙
the halfway stage/mark/point
They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project.
此项目他们刚刚进行到一半。
2be halfway thereto have done something that will allow you to achieve something else 成功了一半
Establish the right relationships at work and you’re halfway there.
在工作中建立恰当的人际关系,你就成功了一半。
Examples from the Corpus
be halfway there• Construction on the civiccenteris halfway there.• Take your time, build up a case, establish the right relationships and you are halfway there.• The sniper got him when he was halfway there.• As I was halfway there, it opened.• Before they were halfway there the Orcs and Goblinsregrouped.
3be/come/go halfway to doing somethingPARTLYto achieve something partly but not completely 完成某事的一半
halfway decent/normal/successful etc• Discsviable, a second halfway decent act was required.• And you need to be halfway decent and honest and real.• Reading about that stuff, downing really halfway decentcoffee.• Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattlingbreaths.
halfway• It's halfway between BatonRouge and New Orleans.• I filled my glass only halfway with orangejuice.
halfway through/up/down/between etc• However, a change in the air conditioningdesignhalfway throughconstruction opened part of the attic space to the air conditioning.• Try to give the impression you are halfway through doing a domesticchore.• He always wore a tie, but his ties never seemed to reach more than halfway down his yellowshirts.• For the most part students receive an hour of each subject, changing rooms and teachershalfway through the period.• I grew my sideburns again, halfway down the side of my ears.• The potholes go halfway up the tire.• He'd been discovered by fishermen on the Plage des Basques about halfway between the Villa des Lilas and the town.• He hoped she wouldn't turn fickle when he was halfway up the wall.