CENTRE PART 中部, the middle the part that is nearest the centre of something, and furthest from the sides, edges, top, bottom etc

中间，中央，中部，当中:

We rowed out towards the middle of the lake.

我们朝湖中央划去。

Jo was standing in the middle of the room.

乔站在屋子的中央。

Those are my two brothers, and that's me in the middle.

那是我的两个兄弟，中间的是我。

The meat was burnt on the outside and raw in the middle.

肉外边烧焦了，里面是生的。

a huge hole right in the middle of the lawn

草坪正中的一个大窟窿

The new road will go right through the middle of the wood.

新路将正好从树林中间穿过。

Draw a line down the middle of the page.

在这页纸的中间画一条竖线。

TIME / EVENT 时间/事件, the middle the part of an event or period of time that is between the beginning and the end

〔事件或一段时间的〕中间部分:

events which took place around the middle of the last century

发生在上个世纪中叶的事件

I'm going to stay with some friends in the middle of May.

我 5 月中旬将和几个朋友住在一起。

He gets killed in the middle of the film.

在影片的中间部分他被杀死了。

I got a phone call from her in the middle of the night!

我半夜接到了她打来的电话！

Everything should be sorted out by the middle of next year.

到明年年中应该一切都解决了。

SCALE / RANGE 程度/范围, the middle the level or position that is between two extreme positions, for example between the best and the worst

中等，中游:

There are plenty of small houses for sale, and quite a lot of very large ones, but very little in the middle.

在售的小房子很多，也有许多很大的房子，但是不大不小的很少。

In tests, I always seem to finish around the middle of the class.

测验的时候，我好像总是考个中等左右。

BODY 身体, [C usually singular] the part of your body around your waist and stomach

腰部，腹部:

He was holding a towel around his middle.

他拿着一块毛巾围在腰间。

be in the middle of (doing) sth, to be busy doing something

正忙于（做）某事:

Can I call you back – I'm in the middle of a meeting.

我过一会儿给你回电话好吗 — 我正在开会。

I was in the middle of sorting some papers when the phone rang.

我正在整理一些文件，电话铃响了。

in the middle of sth, if you are in the middle of something, it is happening to you or around you

在进行某事; 处于某事过程中:

At that time Britain was in the middle of a recession.

那时英国正处于经济衰退时期。

The company is in the middle of a takeover battle.

公司正在打一场兼并战。

in the middle of nowhere, a long way from the nearest big town

在偏远之地; 在茫茫蛮荒中:

They live miles away, in the middle of nowhere.

他们住得很远，一个非常偏远的地方。

divide / split sth down the middle, to divide something into equal halves or groups

平分某事物:

We put all the money together and then split it down the middle.

我们把所有的钱都放在一起，然后再平分。

The voters are split down the middle on this issue.

选民在这一问题上支持和反对各半。

CENTRE 中央, nearest the centre and furthest from the edge, top, end etc

居中的，中央的，中间的:

driving in the middle lane of the motorway

沿着高速公路的中间车道行驶

the middle drawer of the filing cabinet

档案柜中间的抽屉

TIME / EVENT 时间/事件, half of the way through an event or period of time

〔事件或时间段〕中间部分的:

They spent the middle part of their vacation in Florida.

假期的中间一段他们是在佛罗里达州度过的。

the middle part of the day

一天的中午时分

SCALE / RANGE 程度/范围, between two extreme levels or positions, for example between the best and worst, the biggest and smallest etc

中等的; 中级的:

a car in the middle price range

一辆中等价位的汽车

the middle ranks of the army

中级军衔

a middle-income family

中等收入家庭

in your middle twenties / thirties etc, about 25, 35 etc years old

25 / 35 岁等左右

middle brother / child / daughter etc, the brother etc who is between the oldest and the youngest

排行中间的兄弟/孩子/女儿等

middle course / way etc, a way of dealing with something that is between two opposite and often extreme ways

中庸之道，中间路线:

The party is seeking to find a middle way between extreme right-wing and left-wing policies.

那个政党正在寻找一个介于极右翼政策和极左翼政策之间的中间路线。

I try to steer a middle course between keeping control of the project and giving responsibility to others.

我在努力寻找一个平衡点，既要控制这个项目，又要把责任放手给别人。

Middle English / French etc, an old form of English, French etc, used in the Middle Ages (=between 1100 and 1500 AD )

中古英语/法语等〔使用于公元 1100 至 1500 年间〕