| 词汇 | middle-of-the-road |
| 释义 | middle-of-the-roadWord family adjectivemiddlemostmiddle-agedmiddle-of-the-roadmiddle-sizedmiddlenounMiddle AgesMiddle Americamiddlebreakermiddlebrowmiddle Cmiddle classmiddle earMiddle EastMiddle Englandmiddle groundmiddlemanmiddle managementmiddle namemiddle schoolmiddlewaremiddleweightMiddle West ˌmiddle-of-the-ˈroad adjectiveadj 1 MODERATEmiddle-of-the-road ideas or opinions are not extreme, and so most people are likely to agree with them 〔观念、看法〕中间路线的，中间派的；温和（路线）的 a party offering safe, middle-of-the-road policies 政策保险、走温和路线的政党 2. middle-of-the-road voters or politicians have ideas that are not extreme 〔选民或政治家〕不极端的，温和的 3 informal ordinary and not new, different, or exciting 普通的，一般的，平凡无奇的 Their first album was quite good, but the second was very middle-of-the-road stuff. 他们的第一张专辑相当好，但第二张却很一般。 Examples from the Corpus middle-of-the-road• The figures are relative to a middle-of-the-road estimate of the course of the economy during the next twenty years.• We should have had, at best, a continuous middle-of-the-road government which could never have taken radical reforming measures.• Both were too sensitive about the middle-of-the-road, liberal, humanitarian public.• The Independent has remained independent from political allegiances though it too favoured a middle-of-the-road political outcome in the 1987 election.• The President's choice of a middle-of-the-road Republican with a strong record of educational reform received considerable bipartisan approval.• We grew up in a world of chainstore high fashion, middle-of-the-road revolution, cover-version original pop music.• Now, their last record was very nice and all the rest but it's very middle-of-the-road stuff.• He made a direct appeal to middle-of-the-road voters.• Wilson appealed to middle-of-the-road voters. |
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