halfway house

noun

/ˈhɑːfweɪ haʊs/

/ˈhæfweɪ haʊs/

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halfway house (towards something) the point in the middle of a process or the development of something
- Campaigners argued the plan was a halfway house towards privatization.
[singular] halfway house (between A and B) (British English) something that combines the features of two different things, as a compromise between them
- It's a sort of halfway house between a large estate car and a full-size four-by-four.
[countable] a place where prisoners, patients with mental health problems, etc. can stay for a short time after leaving a prison or hospital, before they start to live on their own again
- a halfway house for prisoners returning to society
Topics Crime and punishmentc2

单词	halfway house
释义	halfway house noun /ˈhɑːfweɪ haʊs/ /ˈhæfweɪ haʊs/ jump to other results halfway house (towards something) the point in the middle of a process or the development of something Campaigners argued the plan was a halfway house towards privatization. [singular] halfway house (between A and B) (British English) something that combines the features of two different things, as a compromise between them It's a sort of halfway house between a large estate car and a full-size four-by-four. [countable] a place where prisoners, patients with mental health problems, etc. can stay for a short time after leaving a prison or hospital, before they start to live on their own again a halfway house for prisoners returning to society Topics Crime and punishmentc2
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