midst

1. PHRASE If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment. 正當(dāng)…的時(shí)候

We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years. 我們正處于許多年以來(lái)最嚴(yán)重的一次經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退。

2. PHRASE If something happens in the midst of an event, it happens during it. 正當(dāng)…時(shí)

Eleanor arrived in the midst of a blizzard. 埃莉諾到達(dá)時(shí)正下著暴風(fēng)雪。

3. PHRASE If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them. 在…當(dāng)中

Many were surprised to see him exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd. 很多人看到他這樣暴露在一大群人當(dāng)中，都感到很意外。