| 单词 | be in the middle of (doing) something |
| 释义 | be in the middle of (doing) somethingbe 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。 Examples from the Corpus 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. → be in the middle of (doing) something at middle1(4) |
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