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| 1 | nearest the centre and having an equal number of people or things on each side 中间的；居中的；中央的；正中的 |
| The map’ s in the middle drawer. 地图在中间的抽屉里。 |
| the middle lane of the motorway 高速公路的中央车道 |
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| 2 | happening in the part between the beginning and the end of something , or the highest and lowest point of something 中部的；中等的 |
| The middle section of the book deals with training a dog. 这本书的中间部分介绍了驯狗方面的知识。 |
| middle-income families 中等收入家庭 |
| | 2a | the years around 1955/1985 etc 20世纪50年代/80年代中期等 | | By the middle 1990s, he had become a millionaire. 到20世纪90年代中期，他已成了百万富翁。 | |
| | 2b | around 35/45 etc in age 35岁/45岁左右等 | | a man in his middle 50s 一位55岁左右的男士 | |
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| 3 | a middle way of doing something is a way of doing it that is not as extreme as two other ways of doing it 中庸的；折中的 |
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| - | middle child/daughter/brother etc
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| the child , daughter , brother etc who is between the oldest and the youngest in age |
| 排行在中间的孩子/女儿/兄弟等 |
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