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midst n.中间 prep.在...中间 Midst sounds a lot like mist, the fog that rolls in and can fill a place. Midst carries this same sense of being surrounded or placed in the middle of. It can be physical, like being in the midst of great athletes at the hockey game, or in regard to time, like the team captain breaking his foot in the midst of playoffs. ★★☆☆☆ 2013.6

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[midst] Midst describes something that's among, in the middle of, or surrounded by. After the school talent show, your principal said he didn't know there were so many gifted singers in our midst. 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. S. Eliot. 1[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在(做…)中 If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment.   [usu v-link PREP -ing/n]Congress is in the midst of rewriting the nation's banking laws...国会正在修订国家银行法规。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。2[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…期间；当…时候 If something happens in the midst of an event, it happens during it. Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard.埃莉诺在暴风雪大作时到达。3[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…当中；在…中间 If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them. 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。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。4[PHRASE 短语]在…之中；和…一起 You say that someone is in your midst when you are drawing attention to the fact that they are in your group.   [v-link PHR]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	midst
英美音标	[midst]
中文释义	n.中间 prep.在...中间
vocab简明	Midst describes something that's among, in the middle of, or surrounded by. After the school talent show, your principal said he didn't know there were so many gifted singers in our midst.
vocab扩展	Midst sounds a lot like mist, the fog that rolls in and can fill a place. Midst carries this same sense of being surrounded or placed in the middle of. It can be physical, like being in the midst of great athletes at the hockey game, or in regard to time, like the team captain breaking his foot in the midst of playoffs.
真题原句	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. S. Eliot.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在(做…)中 If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment. [usu v-link PREP -ing/n] Congress is in the midst of rewriting the nation's banking laws... 国会正在修订国家银行法规。 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。 2 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…期间；当…时候 If something happens in the midst of an event, it happens during it. Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard. 埃莉诺在暴风雪大作时到达。 3 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…当中；在…中间 If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them. 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。 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。 4 [PHRASE 短语]在…之中；和…一起 You say that someone is in your midst when you are drawing attention to the fact that they are in your group. [v-link PHR] [FORMAL 正式] 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。
来源	2013.6

Midst Surrounded Prep Phrase 短语介词 Middle N.中间 Prep.在...中间 Describes