中學英語詞彙是英語的常用詞。
熟練掌握中學詞彙,就能流利說英語。
今天我們來學習meet和halfway的用法
請熟讀例句到會說:
01meet
相遇;遇見;開會;會晤;集合
體育比賽;運動會;獵狐運動
It's a pleasure to meet you.
很高興見到你。
I want you to meet my parents.
我想要你見見我父母。
I met an old school friend today.
我今天遇到了一個老同學。
We met up at the bus terminal.
我們在公共汽車總站碰頭。
There's no way I can meet that deadline.
我不可能在最後期限前完成。
We're having a track and field meet this Friday.
這個星期五我們要舉行田徑比賽。
02halfway
中途
The town lies halfway between Shanghai and Hangzhou.
這個城鎮位於上海和杭州之間。
Halfway up the hill, the engine pooped out.
車到半山腰,發動機熄火了。
We stopped halfway to admire the view.
我們中途停下來欣賞風景。
03meet sb halfway
meet是「相遇」,halfway是「中途」,
meet somebody halfway就是「半途見面」:
Our neighbours are willing to meet halfway between our houses.
鄰居們願意在我們的房子之間碰頭。
You want to meet halfway and see the sunrise?
你想半路上碰面去看日出嗎?
但meet sb halfway還有「對…作部分讓步;與…妥協」的引申含義:
Can we meet halfway on this?
在這個問題上我們能相互妥協嗎?
You have a way of talking me into it. OK. Let 's meet halfway.
你說服我了。好吧。我們各退一步吧。
All right, in order to conclude the transaction, let's meet halfway.
好吧,為了達成交易,我們各讓一步吧。
No, I won't give in, but I'll meet you halfway.
不,我不會屈服,但我會向你做出讓步。
They settled the argument by agreeing to meet each other halfway.
他們同意各讓一半來解決爭論。
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