1ADV [oft ADVERB after verb](空间上)在中间,在中途Halfway means in the middle of a place or between two points, at an equal distance from each of them. (空间上)在中间,在中途
Half-way across the car-park, he noticed she was walking with her eyes closed.
2ADV (时间)到一半;(事情)进行到中途Halfway means in the middle of a period of time or of an event. (时间)到一半;(事情)进行到中途
By then, it was October and we were more than halfway through our tour.
那时已是10月,我们已经完成了行程的一大半了。
Halfway is also an adjective.
Welsh international Matthew Postle was third fastest at the halfway point.
到半程时,威尔士的世界级选手马修·波斯特尔位居第三。
3PHRASE 对…作部分让步;与…妥协 If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them. 对…作部分让步;与…妥协
The Democrats are willing to meet the president halfway.
民主党人愿意向总统作部分让步。
4ADV [ADVERB adjective]过得去地;大致上Halfway means reasonably. 过得去地;大致上 [informal]
You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent.