| 词汇 | midst |
| 释义 | midst noun[ U ] formaluk /mɪdst//mɪtst/ us /mɪdst//mɪtst/ the middle of a group of people or things: 中间，当中，中央 She caught sight of Johnny in their midst (= among them), laughing and talking.她看到约翰尼在他们当中，又说又笑。 in the midst of something in the middle of an event, situation, or activity: 正当…的时候;在…之中 I'm sorry but I'm too busy to help right now - I'm in the midst of writing a report. Between 'twixt (in) between timesidiom amid among between betwixt block halfway in in betweenphrase inter interleave interlinear intermediately interstitial interstitially interval intervening liminal partway midst preposition literaryuk /mɪdst//mɪtst/ us /mɪdst//mɪtst/ among: 在…中;为…所环绕 The summit of the mountain appeared midst the clouds.山顶在云中显现。 Between 'twixt (in) between timesidiom amid among between betwixt block halfway in in betweenphrase inter interleave interlinear intermediately interstitial interstitially interval intervening liminal partway midst | American Dictionarymidst noun us/mɪdst/ fmlmiddle: Long Beach is in the midst of a revival. The pear tree stoodin the midst of a rainbow of flowers. Examples of midstmidst In the midst of a forest of legs the mechanical animals seemed to imitate the kind of gender discrimination pursued by their human counterparts. Second, though, in the midst of an interesting discussion, a voice occasionally ' trails off ' and fails to respond. Our destiny in the midst of change will rest on the unchanged character of our people and on their faith. The events of 1985 took place in the midst of a collapse of the city's industry. In this midst of this determined moderation, the gospel which these reformers preached was that of justification by faith alone. Can there be a greater spectacle or drama than the seizure of a city during the midst of a major protest or rebellion? The confidence in the treating physician played an important role in feeling safe in the midst of treatment. In the midst of the chaos the rebels seized the main command and control centre. The musician cannot conceive harmony in the midst of the noisy plebeians, and clearly regards his sounds as more valuable than those around him. In a musical phrase it is like a stamp, a definite peculiarity, such as a trill located in the midst of other sounds. In the midst of this legal uncertainty, some men took their perceived rights over their wives to extremes and tested the limits of their authority. Many civilians also found themselves trapped in the midst of the armed conflict and were obliged to leave. If we are in the midst of a revolution, it is a slow one. According to him, this terror creates a fear in the midst of society. Perhaps, in the midst of a computer revolution, it was felt that it had lost something of its relevance. See all examples of midst These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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