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🔑 mid·dleBrE /ˈmɪdl/NAmE /ˈmɪdl/ noun🔑 the middle [sing.] 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◆He was standing in the middle of the room. 他站在屋子的中间。◆The phone rang in the middle of the night. 半夜里响起了电话铃声。◆This chicken isn't cooked in the middle. 这只鸡还没有熟透。◆His picture was right/bang (= exactly) in the middle of the front page.他的照片就登在头版的正中央。◆Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle. 拿出一张纸，在中间画一条线。◆I should have finished by the middle of the week. 我在这周过半的时候应该就能完成。 ➡ see also monkey in the middle, piggy in the middle [C, usually sing.] (informal) a person's waist 腰部◆He grabbed her around the middle. 他拦腰抱住她。 ●be in the middle of sth/of doing sthto be busy doing sth 忙于做◆They were in the middle of dinner when I called. 我打电话的时候，他们正在吃饭。◆I'm in the middle of writing a difficult letter. 我正在写一封很难写的信。●the middle of ˈnowhere(informal) a place that is a long way from other buildings, towns, etc. 偏远的地方◆She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere. 她住在一个偏远的小农场。●ˌsplit/diˌvide sth down the ˈmiddleto divide sth into two equal parts 平分；分为相等的两半◆The country was split down the middle over the strike (= half supported it, half did not). 国内支持和反对罢工的人势均力敌。 🔑 mid·dleBrE /ˈmɪdl/NAmE /ˈmɪdl/ adjective [only before noun] in a position in the middle of an object, group of objects, people, etc.; between the beginning and the end of sth 中间的；中央的；居中的；正中的◆Pens are kept in the middle drawer. 钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。◆She's the middle child of three. 三个孩子，她是老二。◆He was very successful in his middle forties. 他在四十五六岁时很成功。◆a middle-sized room 中等大小的房间◆the middle-income groups in society 社会中等收入阶层●(steer, take, etc.) a middle ˈcourse●(find, etc.) a/the middle ˈway(to take/find) an acceptable course of action that avoids two extreme positions （走）中间道路；（取）中庸之道；（采取）折中办法 |