| 单词 | in-betweener |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin-beˈtweener in-beˈtweener n. (also inbetweener) a person who takes up an intermediate position (chiefly figurative). ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course > follower of commoderator1607 middleman1765 middle-of-the-roader1896 in-betweener1924 middle-roader1959 1924 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 459 The undeserving and the in-betweeners far outnumber the deserving. 1927 C. Shaw Let. 17 May in P. Knightley & C. Simpson Secret Lives Lawrence of Arabia (1969) xvii. 256 In Ireland... We had The Gentry and The People: nothing else. You will say ‘but the in-betweeners?’ They belonged to the people. 1939 C. E. Smith in Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 247 The inbetweeners are still there but the musician has become an individual. 1942 O. Nash Good Intentions (1943) 162 He was a born in-betweener... He always thought that there was much to be said on both sides. 1970 S. Afr. Panorama Feb. 25/1 He joined the London Polytechnic Studios. He started as an ‘in-betweener’—the name given to the most junior apprentice. < as lemmas |
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