middle-of-the-road
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌmɪd.əl.əv.ðəˈrəʊd]
- 美式音标 [ˌmɪd.əl.əv.ðəˈroʊd]
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- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. (观点、看法)中间道路的,中间立场的;(选民或政治家)温和的;普通的,平庸的;(音乐)温和好听的
英汉例句
- The features offered on Audi's A6 will become available on middle-of-the-road models in a few years.
用不了几年,新奥迪A6上的这些高级功能也会出现在平民车型上。 - But it is striking that all these former leaders are middle-of-the-road moderates, not wild-eyed leftists.
但是令人吃惊的是这些前任领导人都是中庸的温和派,没有狂热的激进分子。 - They hedged the right to choose with various restrictions, such as parental notification, and concentrated on winning over middle-of-the-road voters.
他们运用通知父母那样的含有各种限制的选择权利,并注重争取中间派选民。 - He was a middle-of-the-road Democrat.
- They can embarrass Mr Sharon, both with middle-of-the-road Israelis and with the American administration.
ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians - That's a pretty reasonable, middle-of-the-road, common-sense approach to both tax reform and entitlement reform.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefings - Debit interchange fees in the US are already middle-of-the-road compared to more regulated markets.
FORBES: The Durbin Amendment's Effect on Credit Unions
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词组短语
- a middle -of-the-road policy 中庸之道
- middle -of-the-road class 小客车等的;中等尺寸级
- Take A Middle -of-the-road Attitude 不夷不惠
- The impact has been middle -of-the-road 受到中庸之道的影响
- middle course middle -of-the-road via media 中间道路
短语
英英字典
- used to describe a person, organization, opinion, or type of entertainment that is not extreme and is acceptable to or liked by most people
- If you describe someone's opinions or policies as middle-of-the- road, you mean that they are neither left wing nor right wing, and not at all extreme.
- If you describe something or someone as middle-of-the-road, you mean that they are ordinary or unexciting.