halfway
gb/hˈæfwˈeɪ/ us/hˈæfwˈeɪ/
A2
انگلیسی
~ 1800
félúton, félig, részben, valaminek a felénél tart, félkész, félmunka, részleges
A2
1
félúton
B1
الگوی کاربرد:
[someone/something] is halfway [between X and Y]
The hotel is halfway between the airport and the city center.
A szálloda félúton van a repülőtér és a belváros között.
We stopped for lunch when we were halfway through our journey.
Félúton megálltunk ebédelni.
The park is about halfway down the street.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
The school is halfway between my house and the shop.
Az iskola félúton van a házam és a bolt között.
We are halfway to the beach now.
Most félúton vagyunk a strand felé.
The bus stop is halfway down the road.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'halfway' with 'half', using 'half' alone when they mean 'halfway'.
معنی
At the middle point between two places
ترکیبهای رایج
halfway point
|halfway mark
|halfway between
هممعنیها
midway (More formal or literary, but same physical meaning.)
متضادها
end (Refers to the farthest point rather than the middle.)
موضوعها
daily life
|travel
|space
تعریف
In the middle between two places or points.
At a point that is equally distant from two ends or two places.
A2
2
الگوی کاربرد:
to be halfway [through something]
I'm only halfway through the book.
Még csak a könyv felénél tartok.
She was halfway convinced by his argument.
Az érvelése részben meggyőzte.
They are halfway finished with the project.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
I am halfway through my homework.
A házi feladatom felénél tartok.
We are halfway done with dinner.
Már félig végeztünk a vacsorával.
He is halfway finished with painting the wall.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes use 'middle' incorrectly instead of 'halfway' for progress in tasks.
معنی
Partly but not completely done or true
ترکیبهای رایج
halfway done
|halfway finished
|halfway through
هممعنیها
partially (Formal synonym meaning 'in part', less colloquial.)
متضادها
completely (Means fully done or at the end, opposite of partial.)
موضوعها
daily life
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
Partly, but not fully or completely.
To an extent that is in the middle between two extremes, especially between not at all and completely.
B1
3
الگوی کاربرد:
a halfway [measure/solution/effort]
It was just a halfway solution to a serious problem.
Ez csak részleges megoldást jelentett egy súlyos problémára.
Don't do a halfway job on this project.
Ne végezz félmunkát ezen a projekten.
The reforms were criticized as being only halfway measures.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
This is a halfway plan to fix the car.
Ez még csak egy félkész terv az autó megjavítására.
He gave a halfway answer to my question.
Csak részleges választ adott a kérdésemre.
They made a halfway effort to clean the room.
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse this with meaning 'in the middle', but here it means 'partial'.
معنی
Only partly complete or developed
ترکیبهای رایج
halfway measure
|halfway solution
|halfway effort
هممعنیها
incomplete (Neutral term for not finished, without implying low quality.)
متضادها
thorough (Implies full and complete in detail, opposite of partial.)
موضوعها
daily life
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
Not finished or not fully done.
Only partially completed, developed, or committed.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
halfway
IPA
GB/hˈæfwˈeɪ/
US/hˈæfwˈeɪ/
هجاها و تکیه
halfway (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (halfway)
صورتهای واژه
Adjective
- Base: halfway
خانوادهٔ واژه
عبارتها
go halfway to doing something
1/ɡˈoʊ hˈæfwˈeɪ tə dˈuɪŋ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
Do part of what is needed to achieve something
To do part but not everything needed to finish something.
نمونهها
- This new policy goes halfway to solving the problem.
- Their plan only goes halfway to meeting our needs.
halfway house
1/hˈæfwˈeɪ hˈaʊs/
fixed phrase
Residence for people in transition
A place where people live for a time when they are moving from prison or treatment back to normal life.
نمونهها
- After rehab, he spent six months in a halfway house.
- The city opened a new halfway house for former prisoners.
meet someone halfway
1/mˈit sˈʌmwˌʌn hˈæfwˈeɪ/
idiom
Compromise with someone
To agree to give up part of what you want so that you and another person can agree.
نمونهها
- If you meet me halfway, we can finish this deal today.
- They refused to meet us halfway on the price.