单词 | in mid-term |
释义 | > as lemmasin mid-term 1. The middle of a term of service or office; the middle of the usual term of pregnancy. Also in extended use. Frequently in phrases at mid-term, in mid-term. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 136 Thair lord suld..geve thaim sum part [of their pay] jn the myd terme. 1574 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I The termes are third in hand, thrid at myd terme and the rest in Beltane. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 272 He..wd. give an evil servant his leave at mid-term. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 231 [We] refer it to the mid-term of ordinary life. 1968 Guardian 13 July 8/6 Edmund Blunden's sudden resignation, in mid-term, has enthused nobody. 1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) xx. 383/2 Insulin secretion in the human fetus at midterm. < as lemmas |
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