half·way house
noun/ˈhɑːfweɪ haʊs/
/ˈhæfweɪ haʊs/
- halfway house (towards something) the point in the middle of a process or the development of something
（过程或发展的）中点，中途 - Campaigners argued the plan was a halfway house towards privatization.
活动人士认为，该计划是走向私有化的中途之家。
- 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
（两种迥然不同的事物特征的）折中，妥协 - It's a sort of halfway house between a large estate car and a full-size four-by-four.
它是一种介于大型旅行车和全尺寸四乘四汽车之间的中间屋。
- 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
重返社会训练所，中途之家，中途宿舍（为出狱者及离开精神病院的病人而设） - a halfway house for prisoners returning to society
为囚犯重返社会所设的过渡场所
- a halfway house for prisoners returning to society