middle-of-the-road
英 [ˌmɪdl əv ðə ˈrəʊd]
美 [ˌmɪdl əv ðə ˈroʊd]
adj. 不极端的; 多数人能接受的; 取中间立场的
牛津词典
adj.
- 不极端的；多数人能接受的；取中间立场的
not extreme; acceptable to most people- a middle-of-the-road newspaper
观点中立的报纸 - Their music is very middle-of-the-road.
他们的音乐很大众化。
- a middle-of-the-road newspaper
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 中间道路的;温和路线的;中间立场的
If you describe someone's opinions or policies asmiddle-of-the-road, you mean that they are neither left-wing nor right-wing, and not at all extreme.- Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.
一致的意见不一定就没有影响力，也不一定就会导致走中间路线的政策。 - ...the Archbishop, who is middle-of-the-road in politics.
政治上走中间道路的大主教
- Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.
- ADJ-GRADED 普通的；一般的；平淡无奇的
If you describe something or someone asmiddle-of-the-road, you mean that they are ordinary or unexciting.- I actually don't want to be a middle-of-the-road person, married with a mortgage.
我其实不想做个平庸之辈，结个婚，背上房贷。
- I actually don't want to be a middle-of-the-road person, married with a mortgage.
- ADJ (流行音乐)受大众欢迎的，不标新立异的（缩略形式为MOR)
Middle-of-the-roadmusic is pop music which a large number of people like because it is pleasant and does not sound extreme or unusual. The abbreviationMORis also used.- I like cheerful, uplifting middle-of-the-road pop.
我喜欢曲调欢快而且令人振奋的大众流行音乐。
- I like cheerful, uplifting middle-of-the-road pop.
英英释义
adj
- not extreme, especially in political views
- supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative
双语例句
- Attendant ( in a sleeping-car or parlour-car on a train) middle-of-the-road class
（铁路之卧车或特等客车上的）服务员.（小客车等的）中等尺寸级 - The party tries to stick to middle-of-the-road policies.
该党试图坚持温和路线的政策。 - His views on politics are very middle-of-the-road.
他的政治观点非常温和。 - Then on to Bedford where we pay thoroughly modern prices for bed and no breakfast in a middle-of-the-road hotel.
后来去贝德福得的路上我们投宿在一个途中旅店，为不带早餐的铺位支付了最现代的费用。 - We always arrive at a middle-of-the-road decision. Our ultimate arrival at a compromise.
我们总是采取折衷的决定。我们最终得到折衷的（方法） - The centre is the name for moderate, middle-of-the-road parties and politics, scorned by the doctrinaire and idealist.
中间派是用于指温和的，走中间道路的党派和政治，他们受到教条主义者和唯心主义者的藐视。 - Said I've lost something, said I've gone middle-of-the-road.
说我失去了些什么，说我步入了中庸。 - Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.
一致的意见不一定就没有影响力，也不一定就会导致走中间路线的政策。 - They criticised boring, predictable middle-of-the-road TV broadcasts that are screened because they are safe and unlikely to offend.
他们批评电视上一味播放乏味、没有悬念和平庸的节目，仅仅因为这些节目保险，不会得罪人。 - At that era when literature had a close relationship with politics, a magazine pursuing middle-of-the-road standpoint was difficult to survive.
在那个文学与政治血肉相连的年代，一份追求中间立场的文学杂志是很难生存下来的。