| 词汇 | halfway-house |
| 释义 | halfway house noun uk /ˌhɑːf.weɪ ˈhaʊs/ us /ˌhæf.weɪ ˈhaʊs/ [ C ] a place where prisoners or people with mental health problems can stay after they leave prison or hospital and before they start to live on their own（为犯人或精神病人重返社会设立的）过渡教习所，重返社会训练所 [ Cusually singular ] something that combines particular features of two other things, especially in order to try to please people who do not like the two things on their own: 折中办法，妥协方案 halfway house betweenThe new proposals are a halfway house between the original treaty and the revised version.新提案是原始协议和修改后的协议的折中。 Prisons & parts of prisons approved school Bastille boot camp borstal brig gaol gaoler HMP house of correction open prison panopticon penal colony penitentiary prison straightjacket straitjacket the gulag warder young offender institution youth custody You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Solving and solutions Examples of halfway househalfway house So this is a halfwayhouse. The authors prefer the risks attached to immediate reliance on competition law to the risks associated with the halfwayhouse of semi-regulated and semi-competitive markets (p. 24). I think that in the amendments which are now on the table, we have found some kind of halfwayhouse. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English One goes, another takes its place; this is a ‘halfwayhouse’, not a safe home. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Was this to be, as he put it, a halfwayhouse? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a halfwayhouse—a bed-and-breakfast tax added to a property tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to have a halfwayhouse between the two roles if we are to maintain confidence in continuity in government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there not a possible halfwayhouse which would avoid the wholesale breach of the principle of article 2·7? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that halfwayhouse would have no basis either in logic or in morals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very good halfwayhouse between two difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why, therefore, should we apologise about what we consider to be a halfwayhouse towards privatisation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no halfwayhouse, and if you try to find one you do immense harm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I accept that my amendment is only a halfwayhouse and that it is not particularly satisfactory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not want to go the whole hog towards private rented accommodation, there is a halfwayhouse in the voluntary housing movement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The exact halfwayhouse between these two figures is nineteen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of halfway house These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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