单词 | middle-of-the-road |
释义 | middle-of-the-road (once / 26034 pages) adj WORD FAMILY middle-of-the-road USAGE EXAMPLESSome suggested that we hyphenate our names, a middle-of-the-road approach that was quickly batted down by one such hyphenated friend. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) Trump was too middle-of-the-road for them, literally: “Getting Trump’s name off our median strip seemed like the best way to express our rage.” Wall Street Journal(Oct 25, 2016) These findings are interesting because we tend to think of independents as the middle-of-the-road in American politics. Salon(Oct 20, 2016) 1adj not extreme, especially in political views Syn moderate being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme 2adj supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative Syn centrist center of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually |
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