单词 | intermediate |
释义 | intermediate intermediate1 —intermediately, adv. —intermediateness, n. /in'teuhr mee"dee it/, adj. 1. being, situated, or acting between two points, stages, things, persons, etc.: the intermediate steps in a procedure. 2. of or pertaining to an intermediate school. 3. Auto. mid-size. n. 4. a person who acts between others; intermediary; mediator. 5. something intermediate, as a form or class. 6. Chem. a derivative of the initial material formed before the desired product of a chemical process. [1615-25; < ML intermediatus, equiv. to L intermedi(us) intermediary (inter- INTER- + medius MIDDLE, in the middle) + -atus -ATE1] intermediate2 —intermediator, n. —intermediatory /in'teuhr mee"dee euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /in'teuhr mee"dee ayt'/, v.i. , intermediated, intermediating. to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate. [1600-10; < ML intermediatus, ptp. of intermediare. See INTER-, MEDIATE] |
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