halfway house (towards something)the point in the middle of a process or the development of something（两种迥然不同的事物特征的）折中，妥协
Campaigners argued the plan was a halfway house towards privatization.竞选者认为，该计划只是私有化的一半。
[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.这是介于大型房车和全尺寸四乘四之间的中途房屋。
[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