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N-COUNT
中部；中央；中间
The middle of something is the part of it that is furthest from its edges, ends, or outside surface.
例句
Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee...
霍华德站在房间中央，小口抿着一杯咖啡。
Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street...
海德加速驶离路边，突然向街道中央一个急转弯。
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ADJ
当中的;正中的
The middle object in a row of objects is the one that has an equal number of objects on each side.
例句
The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
制服上装中间的纽扣在他的肚子上绷得紧紧的。
...the middle finger of her left hand.
她左手的中指
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N-COUNT
腹部;腰部
Your middle is the part of your body around your stomach.
例句
At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around his middle...
53岁的他腰间长了几磅赘肉。
The cook's apron covered her middle.
厨用围裙裹着她的腰部。
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N-SING
(某件事或某段时间的)中期
The middle of an event or period of time is the part that comes after the first part and before the last part.
例句
I woke up in the middle of the night and could hear a tapping on the window...
我半夜里醒来，听见有敲窗户的声音。
It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy...
现在是11月中旬，天气寒冷而且经常有雾。
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ADJ
（年龄）中间的
If someone is in their middle thirties, for example, they are aged somewhere approximately between thirty-four and thirty-six.
例句
She knew he was in his middle fifties, although he looked much younger...
尽管他看上去年轻得多，她知道他在55岁左右。
I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.
我继续参赛，直到45岁左右。
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ADJ
(兄弟姐妹中)年龄居中的，排行居中的
The middle child in a family has equal numbers of younger and older brothers and sisters.
例句
His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.
他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。
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ADJ
折中的;中庸之道的;不走极端的
The middle course or way is a moderate course of action that lies between two opposite and extreme courses.
例句
He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention...
他更倾向于在自由经营与国家干预之间走一条中庸之道。
The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.
耶路撒冷市市长对各宗教采取折中的态度，力图使冲突最小化。
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PHRASE
平均（分配）;把…一分为二
If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.
例句
They agreed to split the bill down the middle...
他们同意均摊费用。
If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.
如果不除掉保守势力，那么这个党几乎肯定会分裂成两派。
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PHRASE
正忙于
If you are in the middle of doing something, you are busy doing it.
例句
It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people...
我正忙着为9个人做饭呢，有点儿忙不过来。
He was always in the middle of a business transaction.
他总是忙着做生意。