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N-COUNT
中部；中央；中間
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...
霍華德站在房間中央，小口抿著一杯咖啡。
Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street...
海德加速駛離路邊，突然向街道中央一個急轉彎。
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ADJ
當中的;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.
制服上裝中間的紐扣在他的肚子上繃得緊緊的。
...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歲的他腰間長了幾磅贅肉。
The cook's apron covered her middle.
廚用圍裙裹著她的腰部。
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N-SING
(某件事或某段時間的)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...
我半夜里醒來，聽見有敲窗戶的聲音。
It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy...
現在是11月中旬，天氣寒冷而且經常有霧。
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ADJ
（年齡）中間的
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...
盡管他看上去年輕得多，她知道他在55歲左右。
I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.
我繼續參賽，直到45歲左右。
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ADJ
(兄弟姐妹中)年齡居中的，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.
他排行居中的那個兒子5年前意外溺水身亡。
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ADJ
折中的;中庸之道的;不走極端的
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...
他更傾向于在自由經營與國家干預之間走一條中庸之道。
The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.
耶路撒冷市市長對各宗教采取折中的態度，力圖使沖突最小化。
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PHRASE
平均（分配）;把…一分為二
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...
他們同意均攤費用。
If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.
如果不除掉保守勢力，那么這個黨幾乎肯定會分裂成兩派。
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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...
我正忙著為9個人做飯呢，有點兒忙不過來。
He was always in the middle of a business transaction.
他總是忙著做生意。