Question

56. medi [L]=

Accepted Answer

middle 中间
在常用词immediate，medium，mediate 和mediterranean 中，medi 是个孳生能力很强的词
根。它的词源是拉丁形容词medius，意思为middle（中间）。

immediate [im-(in-)=not, without 不，无；medi=middle 中间；-ate a.=having 有……的→“having
nothing in the middle, or without anything between 没有间隔的；没有阻隔的”→] a.① without
delay 即刻的：to give an immediate answer 立即回答② direct 直接的：the immediate cause 直
接原因

medium [medi=middle 中间；-um n.=thing 物→“thing in the middle 中间物”→] n. substance in
the middle through which any effect is transmitted 媒介物（在中间起传播作用的物质）：Sound
travels through the medium of air.声音以空气为媒介进行传播。

mediate [medi=middle 中间；-ate v.=to act 做→“to act in the middle 在中间起作用”→] v. act
as a peacemaker between two opposing sides 居间调停，调解：to mediate between the workers
and the employers 在劳资双方之间调解

▽mediation [mediat (e);-ion n.] n.调解；调停
mediator [mediat (e);-or n.] n.调停者
mediative [mediat (e);-ive n.] a.调停的；调解的

mediterranean [medi=middle 中间；terr=land 陆地；-ane (-ana)=place 地方；-an a.=belonging to
属于……的→“belonging to the middle place of land 属于陆地中间地方的”→] a. situated in
the middle of land 位于陆地中间的：Mediterranean (Sea)地中海（位于欧亚非大陆中间）
medieval [medi=middle 中间；ev (来自aevum)=age 时代；-al a.=of……的→] a. of the Middle
Ages 中世纪的：medieval history 中世纪史

▽medievalism [medieval;-ism n.] n.中世纪精神
medievalist [medieval;-ist n.] n.中世纪文化艺术的爱好者

median [medi=middle 中间；-an a.=belonging to 属于……的→“belonging to the middle 属于
中间位置的”→] a. in the middle;running through themiddle 当中的；穿过当中的：a median
line of a triangle 三角形的中线

intermediate [inter-=between 在……之间；medi=middle 中间；-ate a.=being……的→“being in
the middle position between two limits, stages 在两极限、两阶段之间处于中间位置的”→]Ⅰa.
done or happening between two things 中间的；两者之间的：intermediate course（初、中、
高三级的）中级课程② half way 中途的：an intermediate port 中途口岸→Ⅱ v. act as a
mediator 调停：He refused to intermediate in the case.他拒绝在该事件中进行调停。

▽intermediation [intermediat (e) v.;-ion n.] n.仲裁；调停
intermediary [inter-;medi;-ary n.] n.中间形态；中间人

mediocre [medi=middle 中；ocr (来自ocris)=rugged mountain 崎岖的山；-e→“of middle high
mountain 中等高度的山”→] a. of middle quality;neither good nor bad 中等的；平庸的：a
mediocre scholar 平庸的学者

▽mediocrity [mediocr (e);-ity n.] n.平庸；平庸的人

Middle N Medi=Middle Act 中间； Ate Mediat Intermediate Medium