| 釋義 |
半途而廢bàn tú ér fèiabandon halfway (/midway); be left off unfinished (/halfway); break down halfway; do sth by halves; drop out (/give up) halfway; leave off in the middle; leave sth unfinished; look back from the plough; stop halfway(/midway/right in the middle)
? 現(xiàn)在擺在中國人民、各民主黨派、各人民團(tuán)體面前的問題，是將革命進(jìn)行到底呢，還是使革命～呢？ (《毛澤東選集》 1266) The question now facing the Chinese people,all demo cratic parties and all people’s organizations is whether to carry the revolution through to the end or to abandon it halfway.
? 嚴(yán)知孝說： “還是等畢了業(yè)吧，你爹受了那么大的挫折，供給你上學(xué)不是容易，何必～呢？”(梁斌《紅旗譜》 342) “Better wait till you’ve graduated，” advised Yan. “Your father had to make great sacrifices to send you to school. Don’t give up halfway.”/她幾乎要～了，要不是老爺給以意外的鼓勵。(《茅盾文集》Ⅷ—122) Just when she was ready to give up knitting for good she received unexpected encouragement from the Master./“臣已得祁山之寨，正欲收功，不期～。此必中鄧艾反間之計矣?！?《三國演義》923)“O King,the servant had got his camps on Qishan and was on the eve of complete success. To leave off thus in the middle just played into the hands of our enemies. Surely Deng Ai found means of sowing distrust in me.”/我也籌算過來，我們既然沾上了手，萬不能～，一定要弄他個水落石出才好。(吳趼人《二十年目睹之怪現(xiàn)狀》250) My view is that since we’re tangled up in it, we can’t very well stopmidway until the matter is cleared up.
? 君子遵道而行，半涂而廢，吾弗能已矣。(《禮記·中庸》) The good man tries to proceed according to the right path,but when he has gone halfway,he abandons it:I am not able so to stop. 半途而廢give up halfway;leave off a mission unfinished 半途而廢bàn tú ér fèi半路上停下來。比喻工作還沒干完就停止不干了。give up half way, leave sth. unfinished, by halves, abandon half-way, do sth. by halves |