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单词 halfway house
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halfway houseˌhalfway ˈhouse noun Examples
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  • At this time, the colleges of education occupied a halfway house between the universities and the further education sector.
  • But he knew that suspension was only a halfway house towards complete termination.
  • He got thrown out of the halfway house for an overdose.
  • He is expected to be released to a halfway house this summer.
  • I got another infraction today at the halfway house.
  • The urinary bladder in both sexes acts as a halfway house or store for the urine secreted by the kidneys.
  • There is no halfway house for most people in the excellent companies.
  • This uneasy halfway house is fair game for the worst excesses of journalism.
1[singular] British English something which is a combination of the qualities of two different things:  Belief is a kind of halfway house between non-belief and absolute proof.2[countable] a place for former prisoners or people who have had problems such as mental illness, where they can live until they are ready to live on their own
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