midst

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

We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years. 我們正処於許多年以來最嚴(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. 正儅…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…儅中

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儅中，都感到很意外。