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BNC: 1360 COCA: 988

middle

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mid·dle1 /ˈmɪdl/ ●●● S1 W2 noun  
1  CENTRE PART 中部the middle the part that is nearest the centre of something, and furthest from the sides, edges, top, bottom etc 中间，中央，中部，当中
the middle of
 We rowed out towards the middle of the lake.
我们朝湖中央划去。
in the middle (of something)
 Jo was standing in the middle of the room.
乔站在屋子的中央。
 Those are my two brothers, and that’s me in the middle.
那是我的两个兄弟，中间是我。
 The meat was burnt on the outside and raw in the middle.
那块肉外焦里生。
 a huge hole right in the middle of the lawn
草坪正中的一个大窟窿
through the middle (of something)
 The new road will go right through the middle of the wood.
新路将正好从树林中间穿过。
down the middle (of something)
 Draw a line down the middle of the page.
在这页纸的中间画一道竖线。
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down the middle (of something)• A lot of people put in that situation think they can throw the ball down the middle.• Later, you will break down the middle portion of these work-outs so that you will alternate quick and easy paces.• They throw to the tight end down the middle enough to have made Jones a staple in the Pro Bowl.• The Union was split now, right and left and right down the middle.• I ended up walking right down the middle of the street in the center turn lane.• That is, with a path slap down the middle, a flanking washing line and four narrow borders around the edge.• Her bottom lip is fat and purple and there's a split down the middle.• I wonder will his loyalties be split down the middle!
2  TIME/EVENT 时间/事件the middle the part of an event or period of time that is between the beginning and the end 〔事件或一段时间的〕中间部分
the middle of
 events which took place around the middle of the last century
发生在上世纪中叶的事件
in the middle (of something)
 I’m going to stay with some friends in the middle of May.
我5月中旬将和几个朋友住在一起。
 He gets killed in the middle of the film.
在影片的中间部分他被杀死了。
the middle of the night/day 一天的中午时分
 I got a phone call from her in the middle of the night!
我半夜接到了她打来的电话！
the middle of the week/month/year etc
 Everything should be sorted out by the middle of next year.
到明年年中应该一切都解决了。
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the middle of the week/month/year etc• He was ill again with tachycardia in January 1955 and in the middle of the month returned to the London Clinic.• And bear in mind that it was an hour later and in the middle of the week.• The first products supporting the Telnet/OLTP extensions are expected to be available in the middle of the year.• Wemmick advised us to move Magwitch out of the country in the middle of the week.• He has his day off in the middle of the week because we are always busy at the weekends.• In the middle of the month George Thomas, the Speaker, brought all the Cabinet together for dinner.• Isabelle Bongard is showing works by Dumas until the middle of the month.• Her latest work is being featured by Thaddeus Ropac until the middle of the month, together with paintings by Jonathan Lasker.
3  SCALE/RANGE 程度/范围the middle the level or position that is between two extreme positions, for example between the best and the worst 中等，中游
 There are plenty of small houses for sale, and quite a lot of very large ones, but very little in the middle.
在售的小房子很多，大房子也有不少，但是不大不小的很少。
the middle of
 In tests, I always seem to finish around the middle of the class.
我的测验成绩好像总是在全班的中游徘徊。
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middle of• I stood in my pyjamas shivering in the middle of Katie's bedroom, not knowing what to do.• Something struck her smartly in the middle of her shoulders and made her gasp.• At Third Avenue, two turning busses were stopped in the middle of the intersection.• Why would he want to do that in the middle of the night?• In the middle of the room was a figure tied to a post.• The logic of language carries us to the middle of the stream and drops us there.• The middle of United's notorious pitch was a swamp long before kick-off, posing the threat of stamina-sapping conditions.
4  body 身体 [countableC usually singular] the part of your body around your waist and stomach 腰部，腹部
somebody’s middle
 He was holding a towel around his middle.
他腰间围着一块毛巾。
5  be in the middle of (doing) something BUSY/NOT AVAILABLEto be busy doing something 正忙于（做）某事
 Can I call you back – I’m in the middle of a meeting.
我过一会儿给你回电话好吗——我正在开会。
 I was in the middle of sorting some papers when the phone rang.
我正在整理一些文件，电话铃响了。
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be in the middle of (doing) something• He's in the middle of a meeting.• I'm in the middle of fixing dinner -- can I call you back?• Todd Dexter was in the middle of the Tet Offensive near Saigon and had little time to appreciate his surroundings.• The grunts were in the middle of a fire mission.• The kid who still enrolled at the school where he was in the middle of all that trouble.• I listened to others' crises but didn't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own.• It was in the middle of the miners' strike, and feelings were running high.• Mr Malik was in the middle of a group crowded round Mafouz.• We were in the middle of that when he was called inside to do his homework and I was sent home.• The Z42 is in the middle of the field on print speed.
6  in the middle of something if you are in the middle of something, it is happening to you or around you 在进行某事的；处于某事过程中的
 At that time Britain was in the middle of a recession.
那时英国正处于经济衰退时期。
 The company is in the middle of a takeover battle.
公司正在打一场收购战。
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in the middle of something• The little man was ambling along in the middle of the street, looking around him with an expression of keen interest.• She was standing in blackness in the middle of a narrow, ice-cold stream.• Why didn't he kiss her quite calmly in the middle of the street?• The group also is in the middle of a $ 45,000 project to renovate a pagoda in the ancient quarter.• Rostov started to feel sick in the middle of the night.• Sometime in the middle of the night I woke with a start, as Clarisa climbed on to the cot.• The grunts were in the middle of a fire mission.• One young woman in the middle of the line began to cry.
7  in the middle of nowhere FARa long way from the nearest big town 在偏远之地的；在茫茫蛮荒中的
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in the middle of nowhere• What was I doing cavorting with boulders in the middle of nowhere?• Even the ponds looked healthy, the little streams we crossed in the middle of nowhere.• Another minor hockey league out in the middle of nowhere.• Michael lives way out in the middle of nowhere.• And then going to this little tiny restaurant in the middle of nowhere.• Eventually it stopped in the middle of nowhere.• Even out there, in the middle of nowhere, it was a beautiful evening.• It was in the middle of nowhere.• M., and we were in the middle of nowhere.
8  divide/split something down the middle EQUALto divide something into equal halves or groups 平分某事物
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divide/split something down the middle• The vote was split right down the middle.• We split you down the middle.
→ piggy in the middle at piggy1(2)
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middle• But by the middle of the night, the alcohol will be metabolized and the rebound effect will set in.• It was very hard work and during the middle we had a water fight.• Time spent in taking stock is time well spent, even in the middle of a hectic day.• The group also is in the middle of a $ 45,000 project to renovate a pagoda in the ancient quarter.• Somewhere in the middle lies the case for change.• I had a spell in the middle of the season when I was useless.• The office block was in the middle of a hellish whirlwind.• Going through the middle of Tokyo in the rush hour can be a nightmare.• "Did you enjoy the movie?" "It was OK but I got a little bored towards the middle."• Gary rowed out towards the middle of the lake.• The state built 10 prisons from the opening of San Quentin in 1852 until the middle of the last decade.• It was the middle of summer.
middle2 ●●● S1 W2 adjectiveadj [only before noun]  
1  MIDDLEcentre 中央 nearest the centre and furthest from the edge, top, end etc 居中的，中央的，中间的
2  TIME/AT A PARTICULAR TIMEtime/event 时间/事件 half of the way through an event or period of time 中间部分的
3  scale/range 程度/范围 between two extreme levels or positions, for example between the best and worst, the biggest and smallest etc 中等的；中级的
4. in your middle twenties/thirties etc TMCAGEabout 25,35 etc years old 25/35岁等左右
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in your middle twenties/thirties etc• Among these was a tall firebrand of a patriot in his middle twenties.• You must be in your middle thirties.• Owen and the Victoria Centre Owen is in his middle thirties and his working background is in education.• While still in his middle twenties, he was offered a teaching position at an Ivy League university.
5. middle brother/child/daughter etc BETWEENthe brother etc who is between the oldest and the youngest 排行中间的兄弟/孩子/女儿等
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middle brother/child/daughter etc• Now, for the middle child.• My older brother played Elvis music at his wedding, and my middle brother and I rolled our eyes.• The wronged self Peter is the middle child of five.• They may send the middle children to Jessy's parents in an attempt to get the eldest through secondary school.• My middle daughter was like that, tall and slim and you could hardly tell.• Richard Nixon: A middle child who became known for diplomacy in foreign affairs, among other things.
6  middle course/way etc MODERATEa way of dealing with something that is between two opposite and often extreme ways 中庸之道，中间路线
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steer a middle course• He steered a middle course between intimacy and aloofness which would have endeared him to the most demanding of guests.• Managers must steer a middle course between political correctness and political babble.• It has chosen to steer a middle course between them rather than undertake a strategic review.• He and Chris tried to steer a middle course during the ritual of drinks before dinner and the meal that followed.• I usually steer a middle course which avoids both waste and effort.
7. Middle English/French etc SLLan old form of English, French etc, used in the Middle Ages (=between 1100 and 1500 AD) 中古英语/法语等〔使用于公元1100至1500年间的英语、法语等〕
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middle• Life expectancy for all patients is middle age, and heart failure is the leading cause of death.• Secondly, she never lived to middle age.• A white carpet ran down the middle aisle of the church.• The middle assassin fired even as she dropped.• Instead, it was a real middle class, of diverse origins, pushed to the fore by changing conditions.• You'll find the scissors in the middle drawer of my desk.• It's in the middle drawer of the file cabinet.• Jane was wearing a gold ring on her middle finger.• The constituency's middle ground is a mess.• We also recruit some assistant food and beverage managers with experience directly into middle management positions.• In the organizational hierarchy of the past, middle managers were the people who remembered things, who passed on corporate culture.• There were three of children in my family, and I was the middle one.• I missed the middle part of the movie.
Origin middle2
Old English middel
mid·dle1 nounmiddle2 adjectiveadj
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BNC: 1360 COCA: 988
BNC: 1360 COCA: 988
middle noun
⇨ middle (the middle of the lake/week) ⇨ the middle of the night ⇨ night 1the middle class noun
⇨ middle classthe middle

noun

the middle ♦︎ centreThese are both words for the part of sth that is at an equal distance from all its edges or sides. 这两个词均表示中间、中央、中心。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the middle / centre of sth◆in the middle / centre■ the middle [singular] the part of sth that is at an equal distance from all its edges or sides; a point or a period of time between the beginning and the end of sth 中间；中部；中央；中心◆a lake with an island in the middle中央有一个小岛的湖◆This chicken isn't cooked in the middle.这鸡肉还没有熟透。◆His picture was right / bang (= exactly) in the middle of the front page.他的照片就登在头版正中央。◆I should have finished by the middle of the week.我本该在这周过半的时候就完成。◆I like a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.我喜欢有头有尾、有中间发展的故事。◆When they quarrel, I am often caught in the middle.他们争吵时，我常常夹在中间左右为难。OPP edge , end , side ⇨ edge noun ▸ middle

adjective

◆Pens are kept in the middle drawer.钢笔放在中间那个抽屉里。◆She's the middle child of three.她在三个孩子中排行老二。◆He was very successful in his middle forties.他在四十五六岁时事业很成功。◆the middle-income groups in society社会上中等收入的群体■ centre (BrE) (NAmE center) [countable] the middle point or part of an area or thing 中心点；正中；中央◆the centre of a circle圆心◆There was a long table in the centre of the room.房间中央有一张长桌。◆chocolates with soft centres软心巧克力糖▸ central

adjective

◆Central London / America伦敦中心区；中美洲◆the central area of the brain大脑中枢◆The apartment is very central－just five minutes from Princes Street.这套公寓位于市中心，去王子街只需五分钟。◆The offices are in a central location.那些办公楼处于中心位置。NOTE 辨析 The middle or the centre? Centre usually describes the middle part of an area, although it can also describe the inside part of a thing. The middle can be used to talk about an area or thing, or a period of time or situation. * centre通常指地域的中心，但亦可指某物的内部。the middle可指地域或某物的中心、一段时间或某种情况的中间阶段◆I should have finished by the centre of the week. ◆When they quarrel, I am often caught in the centre. The centre of an area may be a more precise point than the middle: the centre of a circle is the point in the exact middle; the middle of a circle is usually a larger area inside it. Central describes a place or area within a bigger place or object. Middle as an adjective is used more to describe objects or people than places, especially when there is an equal number of people or objects on either side. 与the middle相比，centre所指的地域的中心可能是更为精确的一点：the centre of a circle指位于正中央的那一点，the middle of a circle通常指圆内的中心区域，范围比the centre of a circle大。central用以形容较大区域内的一块或较大物体内的一处。middle用作形容词时较多描述物体或人，而非区域，尤用于两边的人或物体的数量相等的情况◆the central shopping district中心购物区◆the middle shopping district ◆our middle son (= we have three sons altogether) 我们三个儿子中的老二◆our central son
BNC: 1360 COCA: 988

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