| 单词 | intermediate |
| 释义 | intermediate (once / 833 pages) adjnv Use the adjective intermediate when you find yourself in that in-between stage, like after you complete an introductory class but before you are ready for the advanced stuff. The word intermediate comes from the Latin intermediatus, tracing back to intermedius, which combines inter-, meaning “between” and medius, meaning “middle.” So you can see that intermediate describes something or someone in the middle, between two distinct phases, like an intermediate swimmer who has mastered the basic strokes but isn't yet ready to join the racing team. WORD FAMILYintermediate: intermediated, intermediately, intermediates, intermediating, intermediation, intermediator+/intermediation: intermediations/intermediator: intermediators/mediate: intermediate, mediacy, mediated, mediately, mediateness, mediates, mediating, mediation, mediator, mediatory/mediated: unmediated/mediation: mediations/mediator: mediators/mediatory: mediatorily USAGE EXAMPLESWest Texas Intermediate for February delivery dropped 29 cents, to $53.77 a barrel, on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Yoga at Northwest One Beginner and intermediate levels; wear comfortable clothing. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) “Favorable” required at least three of the four factors, “intermediate” required two of them, and “unfavorable” required one or none. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj lying between two extremes in time or space or state going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands intermediate stages in a process intermediate stops on the route an intermediate range plane Syn|Ant gray, grey intermediate in character or position halfwayat a point midway between two extremes in-between, mediate, middlebeing neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series junior, next-to-last, third-yearused of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college next-to-last, penultimatenext to the last second-year, sophomoreused of the second year in United States high school or college subterminalnear but not precisely at an end antepenultimatethird from last terminal being or situated at an end 2adj around the middle of a scale of evaluation intermediate capacity Syn average, medium moderate being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme 3n a substance formed during a chemical process before the desired product is obtained Hyper chemical, chemical substance material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules 4v act between parties with a view to reconciling differences Syn|Hyper arbitrate, intercede, liaise, mediate negociate, negotiate, talk terms discuss the terms of an arrangement |
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