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半途而废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)
❍ 现在摆在中国人民、各民主党派、各人民团体面前的问题，是将革命进行到底呢，还是使革命～呢？ (《毛泽东选集》 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.
❍ 严知孝说： “还是等毕了业吧，你爹受了那么大的挫折，供给你上学不是容易，何必～呢？”(梁斌《红旗谱》 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.”/她几乎要～了，要不是老爷给以意外的鼓励。(《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～。此必中邓艾反间之计矣。”(《三国演义》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.”/我也筹算过来，我们既然沾上了手，万不能～，一定要弄他个水落石出才好。(吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》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，半涂而废，吾弗能已矣。(《礼记·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. 半途而废give up halfway;leave off a mission unfinished 半途而废bàn tú ér fèi半路上停下来。比喻工作还没干完就停止不干了。give up half way, leave sth. unfinished, by halves, abandon half-way, do sth. by halves |