单词	midst
释义	midst1 nounmidst2 preposition midstmidst1 /mɪdst/ ●○○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINmidst Origin: 1400-1500 mids ‘middle’ (13-19 centuries), from Old English midde ( ➔ MID-) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And, into the midst of this crept Jo, trying to escape up to her room without being seen. Here was this skinny man, unafraid, in the midst of all this danger. In the midst of her burning words her voice broke. Ruin, when you are in its midst, is hard to gauge. The best time to nudge children toward functional writing is when they are in the midst of doing purposeful work. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and working in our midst. We realise that this is simply a small sacred spot in the midst of environmental carnage. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be in the middle/midst of a recession · We are in the midst of a world recession. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in the midst of something Deb's in the midst of a messy divorce. We stood in the midst of thousands of people. Consider that the Phoenix metropolitan area is in the midst of an apartment construction boom. Here was this skinny man, unafraid, in the midst of all this danger. It's just hard for your Earth dwellers to conjure these all out of a hat in the midst of frustration. Nor is this the first instance of chivalry in the midst of frenzy. Now those hopes are fading in the midst of a worrying upsurge in violence. Of course Harry was happy for Jack, but in the midst of that happiness he was also uneasy. Politics occurs in the midst of many changing conditions that can influence those actions. That brings peace to us in the midst of our outward circumstances. ► in our/their midst Another athlete with those same qualities now toils in our midst. As we rushed to prepare to open the Sale there appeared in our midst an unknown young man. But when the others sat for the Scripture readings, Ray McGovern remained upright in their midst, provoking wariness and speculation. Downstairs, when Jessica had stormed out, her parents had found themselves remarkably constrained by the stranger in their midst. He was the weevil in the fruit, according to Rex, the canker in their midst. People living in Surrey Street say they are tired of an unhealthy eyesore in their midst. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and working in our midst. They insisted that the explosive events occurring in their midst were the work of the Holy Spirit. 1in the midst of something a)if you are in the midst of an event or situation, it is happening around you:  The government is in the midst of a major crisis. b)in the middle of a place or a group of things or people:  We were sitting in the midst of an elegant and well-dressed audience.2in our/their midst formal in a particular group:  I fear we have an enemy in our midst. midst1 nounmidst2 preposition midstmidst2 preposition old use Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be in the middle/midst of a recession · We are in the midst of a world recession. surrounded by people or things
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