midst
英 [m?dst]
美[m?dst]
- n. 當(dāng)中，中間
- prep. 在…中間（等于amidst）
TEM4IELTS中低頻詞CET6CET4考研常用詞匯
中文詞源
midst 中間的
來自mid,中間的，-s,所有格后綴，-t,寄生字母。比較against.
英英釋意
- 1. the location of something surrounded by other things;
- "in the midst of the crowd"
英文詞源
- 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).
同義詞辨析
center, middle, heart, core, midst
這些名詞均含有"中心"之意。
center： 指三維空間的中心點(diǎn)，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
middle： 一般指時(shí)間、空間或過程兩端間等距的部分。
heart： 指事物最內(nèi)部或最重要的部分，表地理位置時(shí)可與center換用。
core： 指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意義指某物的精華。
midst： 書面語用詞，指在一個(gè)群體的深處或在某活動的進(jìn)程中。
考試真題
- Flamingos, however, are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death.
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- How do the local shopkeepers feel about having a shop doing so well in their midst?
2016年12月六級真題（第一套）聽力 Section A
- The Los Angeles times reports that the industry is in the midst of an intense increase in cash flow.
2019年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 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年考研翻譯原文
詞組搭配
in the midst of
in the middle of
在…之中；正當(dāng)…的時(shí)候
he left his flat in the midst of a rainstorm.
他在暴雨中離開了公寓。
in our (或 your, their，等) midst
among us (or you or them)
在我們（或你們、他們）當(dāng)中
實(shí)用場景例句
- Such beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city.
- 市中心有這樣的美景真是出乎意料。
牛津詞典
- a country in the midst of a recession
- 處于衰退中的國家
牛津詞典
- She discovered it in the midst of sorting out her father's things.
- 她在整理父親的東西時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了它。
牛津詞典
- There is a traitor in our midst.
- 我們中間有個(gè)叛徒。
牛津詞典
- Congress is in the midst of rewriting the nation's banking laws...
- 國會正在修訂國家銀行法規(guī)。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years.
- 我們正處在多年來最嚴(yán)重的一次經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退之中。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.
- 埃莉諾在暴風(fēng)雪大作時(shí)到達(dá)。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Many were surprised to see him exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd...
- 許多人看到他像這樣暴露在一大群人中間都非常吃驚。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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槍放在桌上的一堆手冊和文件中間。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- We're lucky to have such a man in our midst.
- 在我們中間有這樣一個(gè)人是我們的幸運(yùn)。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- In the midst of all this movement, the weight and the pen would be still.
- 在這些所有的運(yùn)動中, 重物和筆卻不動.
期刊摘選
- What can live in the midst of fire?
- 什么東西能在火中活?
期刊摘選
- We are now in the midst of an economic recession with a worsening situation of unemployment.
- 我們處在當(dāng)今經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退、裁員日增的時(shí)期.
期刊摘選
- Somewhere in the midst of my teenage years, however, something changed.
- 可是在我十幾歲的時(shí)候, 事情起了變化.
期刊摘選
- He wanted the picnic to be in the midst of the forest.
- 他要去森林中野餐.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- That weare in the midst of crisis is now well understood.
- 大家都很清楚,我們正處于危機(jī)之中.
期刊摘選
- They are fearless in the midst of barbarian arrogance. They tame the untamable beings.
- 他們在野蠻的驕傲自大中無畏無懼.
期刊摘選
- In the midst of the Renaissance, however, practically all traces of this democracy disappeared.
- 然而, 在文藝復(fù)興中期, 實(shí)際上所有這種民主的跡象都消失了.
期刊摘選
- In the midst of his joviality he did not for a moment lose sight of discretion.
- 雖在歡樂之中,他片刻不忘謹(jǐn)慎.
期刊摘選
- These are the two keynotes of the book: Sorrow, but in the midst of sorrow, hope.
- 本書的兩個(gè)要旨是: 憂愁, 但在憂愁中, 還有希望.
期刊摘選
- This growing poverty in the midst of growing poverty constitutes a permanent menace to peace.
- 在這種不斷增長的貧困中正在增長著的貧困,構(gòu)成了對和平的永久的威脅.
《用法詞典》
- The site itself was in the midst of a bamboo patch.
- 營地位于一片竹林的中心.
期刊摘選
- The knight felt no fear in the midst of battle.
- 那武士在戰(zhàn)斗中毫不感到懼怕.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The speaker interrupted himself in the midst of his speech.
- 演講人在演講中間中斷了講話.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The hut is in the midst of the forest.
- 小屋在森林深處.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- There is a thief in our midst.
- 我們當(dāng)中有小偷.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He rushed into the midst of the hooligans and laid about him fearlessly.
- 他沖到那群惡棍中間,毫無畏懼地向四面八方亂打.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He described it as'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river '.
- 他把這個(gè)地方描繪成 “ 一個(gè)非常令人愉快的地方,地處兩個(gè)小山之間,中間流過一條大河 ”.
《用法詞典》
- He fought bravely in the midst of the battle.
- 他在那次戰(zhàn)役中奮勇作戰(zhàn).
《簡明英漢詞典》