midst
英 [mɪdst]
美[mɪdst]
- n. 当中，中间
- prep. 在…中间（等于amidst）
中文词源
midst 中间的
来自mid,中间的，-s,所有格后缀，-t,寄生字母。比较against.
英英释意
- 1. the location of something surrounded by other things;
- "in the midst of the crowd"
英文词源
- midst (n.)
- c. 1400, from Middle English middes (mid-14c.), from mid + adverbial genitive -s. The parasitic -t is perhaps on model of superlatives (compare against).
同义词辨析
center, middle, heart, core, midst
这些名词均含有"中心"之意。
center： 指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
middle： 一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。
heart： 指事物最内部或最重要的部分，表地理位置时可与center换用。
core： 指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。
midst： 书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。
考试真题
- Flamingos, however, are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death.
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- How do the local shopkeepers feel about having a shop doing so well in their midst?
2016年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- The Los Angeles times reports that the industry is in the midst of an intense increase in cash flow.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
- One of these urges had to do with creating a state of peace in the midst of turbulence, a “still point of the turning world,” to borrow a phrase from T.
出自-2013年考研翻译原文
词组搭配
in the midst of
in the middle of
在…之中；正当…的时候
he left his flat in the midst of a rainstorm.
他在暴雨中离开了公寓。
in our (或 your, their，等) midst
among us (or you or them)
在我们（或你们、他们）当中
实用场景例句
- Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.
- 市中心有这样的美景真是出乎意料。
牛津词典
- a country in the midst of a recession
- 处于衰退中的国家
牛津词典
- She discovered it in the midst of sorting out her father's things.
- 她在整理父亲的东西时发现了它。
牛津词典
- There is a traitor in our midst.
- 我们中间有个叛徒。
牛津词典
- Congress is in the midst of rewriting the nation's banking laws...
- 国会正在修订国家银行法规。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years.
- 我们正处在多年来最严重的一次经济衰退之中。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.
- 埃莉诺在暴风雪大作时到达。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Many were surprised to see him exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd...
- 许多人看到他像这样暴露在一大群人中间都非常吃惊。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Angelo laid the gun carefully on the table, in the midst of brochures and other papers.
- 安杰洛小心翼翼地把枪放在桌上的一堆手册和文件中间。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We're lucky to have such a man in our midst.
- 在我们中间有这样一个人是我们的幸运。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- In the midst of all this movement, the weight and the pen would be still.
- 在这些所有的运动中, 重物和笔却不动.
期刊摘选
- What can live in the midst of fire?
- 什么东西能在火中活?
期刊摘选
- We are now in the midst of an economic recession with a worsening situation of unemployment.
- 我们处在当今经济衰退、裁员日增的时期.
期刊摘选
- Somewhere in the midst of my teenage years, however, something changed.
- 可是在我十几岁的时候, 事情起了变化.
期刊摘选
- He wanted the picnic to be in the midst of the forest.
- 他要去森林中野餐.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- That weare in the midst of crisis is now well understood.
- 大家都很清楚,我们正处于危机之中.
期刊摘选
- They are fearless in the midst of barbarian arrogance. They tame the untamable beings.
- 他们在野蛮的骄傲自大中无畏无惧.
期刊摘选
- In the midst of the Renaissance, however, practically all traces of this democracy disappeared.
- 然而, 在文艺复兴中期, 实际上所有这种民主的迹象都消失了.
期刊摘选
- In the midst of his joviality he did not for a moment lose sight of discretion.
- 虽在欢乐之中,他片刻不忘谨慎.
期刊摘选
- These are the two keynotes of the book: Sorrow, but in the midst of sorrow, hope.
- 本书的两个要旨是: 忧愁, 但在忧愁中, 还有希望.
期刊摘选
- This growing poverty in the midst of growing poverty constitutes a permanent menace to peace.
- 在这种不断增长的贫困中正在增长着的贫困,构成了对和平的永久的威胁.
《用法词典》
- The site itself was in the midst of a bamboo patch.
- 营地位于一片竹林的中心.
期刊摘选
- The knight felt no fear in the midst of battle.
- 那武士在战斗中毫不感到惧怕.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The speaker interrupted himself in the midst of his speech.
- 演讲人在演讲中间中断了讲话.
《简明英汉词典》
- The hut is in the midst of the forest.
- 小屋在森林深处.
《简明英汉词典》
- There is a thief in our midst.
- 我们当中有小偷.
《简明英汉词典》
- He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.
- 他冲到那群恶棍中间,毫无畏惧地向四面八方乱打.
《简明英汉词典》
- He described it as'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river '.
- 他把这个地方描绘成 “ 一个非常令人愉快的地方,地处两个小山之间,中间流过一条大河 ”.
《用法词典》
- He fought bravely in the midst of the battle.
- 他在那次战役中奋勇作战.
《简明英汉词典》