midst

英 [mɪdst]

美 [mɪdst]

n. 中部; 中间

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同义词辨析

centre core heart middle midst【导航词义：中心，中央】

centren. 中心，集中点

〔辨析〕

指空间、地域或物体的中心点，也可指学术、商业等活动的中心。

〔例证〕

There is a huge oak table in the centre of the meeting room.
会议室中央有一张巨大的橡木桌子。
Beijing is the political and cultural centre of China.
北京是中国的政治和文化中心。

coren. 核心

〔辨析〕

指某物体的中心部分或某事物最重要的部分。

〔例证〕

Remove the cores, and thinly slice the apples.
去除果核，把苹果切成薄片。
The core of their appeal is freedom of speech.
他们吁求的核心是言论自由。
Debt is at the core of the problem.
债务是问题的关键。

heartn. 中心

〔辨析〕

指事物最重要的部分；也可指方位上的中心，作此义解时可与 centre 换用。

〔例证〕

We must get to the heart of the issue.
我们必须抓住问题的核心。
They went to a big hotel in the heart/centre of the city.
他们去了市中心的一家大酒店。

middlen. 中间，中央，中部

〔辨析〕

指空间、时间或事件的中间部分。

〔例证〕

There is a table in the middle of the parlor.
客厅中央有一张桌子。
He came back home in the middle of the night.
他半夜才回家。

midstn. 〈正式〉中间

〔辨析〕

指位于某地的中部或者处于一群人、一堆物品中间，也可指在某事的进行过程中。

〔例证〕

We found him in the midst of a group of his usual friends.
我们在他的一群老朋友中找到了他。
In the midst of my work I snatched an hour's rest.
我在工作中趁隙休息了一个钟头。

习惯用语

in the midst of sth/of doing sth

当某事发生时；在某人做某事时
while sth is happening or being done; while you are doing sth
a country in the midst of a recession
处于衰退中的国家
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。

in their/our/its/your midst

在…中间；和…一起
among or with them/us/it/you
There is a traitor in our midst.
我们中间有个叛徒。

牛津词典

noun

中部；中间
the middle part of sth
1. 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。

柯林斯词典

PREP-PHRASE 在(做…)中
If you arein the midst ofdoing something, you are doing it at the moment.
1. Congress is in the midst of rewriting the nation's banking laws...
  国会正在修订国家银行法规。
2. 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。
PREP-PHRASE 在…期间;当…时候
If something happensin the midst ofan event, it happens during it.
1. Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.
  埃莉诺在暴风雪大作时到达。
PREP-PHRASE 在…当中;在…中间
If someone or something isin the midst ofa group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them.
1. 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。
2. 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。
PHRASE 在…之中；和…一起
You say that someone isinyourmidstwhen you are drawing attention to the fact that they are in your group.
1. 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。

英英释义

noun

the location of something surrounded by other things
1. in the midst of the crowd
Synonym:thick

双语例句

In the midst of my work I snatched an hour's rest.
我在工作中趁隙休息了一个钟头。
In the midst of this humiliating scandal, news arrived of Mr hodge's resignation.
在这件丢脸的丑闻盛传之际，传来了霍奇先生辞职的消息。
Fortunately, we are not starting this process of reflection and reform in the midst of crisis.
幸运的是，我们不是在危机之中开始这个反省和改革的过程。
She stood preening in their midst, delighted with the attention
她得意洋洋地站在他们中间，为受人瞩目而高兴。
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。
In the midst of his feelings of impotence, a comforting thought arrived.
正在他觉得很无奈的时候，一个令人欣慰的想法冒了出来。
This growing poverty in the midst of growing poverty constitutes a permanent menace to peace.
这种在贫困不断增长中增长着的贫困，构成了对和平的持久威胁。
The but is in the midst of the forest.
小屋在森林深处。
The immaculately tended gardens are an oasis in the midst of Cairo's urban sprawl.
在开罗不断扩张的都市版图内，这些被悉心照料的花园成了一片世外桃源。
We found ourselves in the midst of a veritable fairyland.
我们发现我们在名副其实的仙境中。