eZections 中期选举 2
for or connected with a period of
time that is neither long nor short; in tlie middle of a particular period 中期的：a midterm so〖urion 中期解决 方案◊ midterm Zosses 中期损失一 see also long-term, short-term 3 in the middle
of one of the main periods of the academic year ■学期中间的；期中的：a mfdterm examfnation/breafc 期中考试 / 休假一see
also
HALF-TERM
mid-town /'midtaun/ noun
[U] (
mid-way /.mid'wei/ adv.
in the middle of a period of time; between two places 在■(时间的）.中备；在两 地之.间 Hn halfway ： The goal was scored midway through the yiirst .haU：乎场中段时攻进一 $。► mid- way adj. ： to reach the midway point 到达.中间点 mid-week /.mid'wiik/ noun [U] the
middle of the week 一周的中间：to a matc/i m midweek在周中进行比
赛◊办 midvveefc he was too tired to go
out•—周才刚过
也他就累倒了。◊ a
midweek de/eat /or. the team.. jk
个 队在周中比赛;ii受的失败► mid-week : It’s cheaper
to
traveZ midvveefc.在星釦中间旅行较便宜。
the Mid-west /.mid'west/ (also the .Middle West)
noun [sing.] the northern central part
of the
mid-wife /'midwaif/ noun
(pi. mid-wives
/-waivz/) a person,
especially a woman, who is trained to help women give birth to babies 助产士；■接生.员；
—compare doula
mid-wif ery /.mid'wifari;
NAmE also -'waif-/ noun [U] the profession and work of a midwife 助产接生 mid*win-ter /.mid'winta^)/ noun [U] the
middle of winter, around December in northern parts of the world, June in
southern parts 仲冬（，北■半球约有十二
:月，南半球约在六月）：midwinter weather丨中冬时令的
•气
mien /mi:n/ noun [sing.] (formal or literary) a person^ appearance
or manner that shows how they are feeling
夕]'表；样子；风度
miffed
/mift/ adj.
[not
before noun] (informal) slightly angry or upset齊点铴太;肴点不高兴033 annoyed might /mart/ modal verb, noun n modal verb {negative might not, short form mightn’t /'maitnt/) 1 used as the past
tense of may when reporting whgt sb has said Lmay 的.故丢时，■角于间接
引语）可能，可以：He said he might come tomorrow.他 说他明天可:能来.。2 used when showing that sth# or was. possib,le\(.袭示可能性）可能：.He .might get there fn time, but J can’t
&e sure•他有岢能准时埶达，运—不敢
肯定。◊ J fcnow
Viidty doesn’t Hfce the job, but J migftth’t 力Vuiit too bad.我知道维基不喜欢这工作，但我也许并不
觉得它很差。◊
jpiik might haveifteipeci him, (fonZy he’d tafcen them 他当'时要甚接时服药，也许^可
以对他有帮助的。◊ He might say that now
(='it is true that he does)/ but he can soon change his mind.
也许会那么说，但他很快就会改变主意。3 used to make a polite suggestion
(用于有礼貌地提出建议）可咚：
Ybu might fry ca出ng the desfc.你可以试着给服务台
打个电话。_◊ J thought we might go to
the zoo on Saturday.我觉得周六我们可以去动物园。4 (8r£) used to ask permission
politely (用于有礼貌地挺出求）可以：
Might J use your phone?我可以用一下奋的电话吗？ J/
J might just
say something …要是叫我说…5 used to ask for information (用于询问，）：How might the p〖<ms be improved upon?这些计划达能怎么改进呢？
◊ And
w/io might s/ie be?那么她‘秦谁呢？ 6 used to show that you are annoyed
about sth that sb could do or could have done (対某人未做某事表示不满）应该：
J thinfc you might
at Zeast oj^er to he〖p/ 我认为你至少应
该主动提出帮忙吧!.◊ Jfonesrty, you might have
toki me/ 说实诘，#事先应该告诉我呀! _ 7 used to say that you are not
surprised by sth (表示不感意夕卜）.：I might have guesse^t was you/ 我猜就是你！ ■ 8 used to emphasize that an important
point has been made (强调提出
了重点）：！And where is the money comingYou
[1271 mikado
might weH
osfc/’ “钱又从哪里来呢？ 你这就问到点
子上了！ ” o note at modal n*!^l see well adv.
■
noi/fi [U] (/brmfl/ or //'terary) great strength，energy or power 强夫力量；威力：America’s miifttiry might 美国 的军事为量◊ Ipushed the rock with aH my
might.我用 尽麵力推这块若,爲。IM .might is right (soyrng) having the power to do
sth gives you the right to do it
cipie that ‘might is right’•他们的外交政策遵循“强权即
#理”的原则。
'might-have-been not//? [usually pi.] [informal)
an event or situation that could have happened or that you wish had happened,
but which did not 本来可能发生的事；
，遂心>愿的事
might-ily /'maitili/ adv.
(old-fashioned) 1 very; very much 很；非常：mightily fmpressecl/reHeved 印象邊
刻的；如粹重_负的 2 (/brmfl/) with great strength or effort-全力:以赴知；极其努力地：We have struggled mightily to win上acfc 〖ost trade.我们已经做出了艰苦努
力，以挽回损失的贸易额。
mighty /'maiti/ adj., adv.
■
adj. (might-ier, mighti
est) 1 (especially literary) very
strong and powerful ® M ： a mighty warrior
M
'猛的斗士He struck /u’m with a mighty Wow across his shouicier.他猛一下砸在他的肩膀上。2 large and impressive'巨大'的；非凡的 BBC3 great: the mighty Mississippi’ river g荡尚密®西比河!T»TB1 see high adj., pen n.
• adv. (informal, especially
，速气驶
mi'graine /'miigrein; 'maig-; NAmE
'maig-/ nourj [^, C] a very severe type of headache which often makes a
person feel sici and have difficulty in seeing 偏头痛： severe migraine 严重的偏头痛◊ J’m getting a migrame.
p得了偏头痛。
mi-grant /'maigrant/ noun 1 a person
who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work (为工作）移居者；移民：migrant workers流动工人 _ see also economic migrant — compare emigrant, immigrant 2 a bird or an animal that moves from one
place to another according to the season 候鸟；■迁，徙 动物
ini-grate /mai'greit; NAmE 'maigreit/ verb 1 [V] (of birds, animals, etc.鸟类、动物等）to move from one part 〇士 the world to another according to the
season (随季节
变化）迁徙：SwaHows migrate south in winter.燕丰在
冬天迁徙到南方。；2 [V] (of a lot of people许多人)to move from one town, country,
etc. to go and live and/or work in another 移居卜注移 H771 emigrate： Thousands were forced
to migrate from rural to urban areas in search o^worfc.成千上万的人为了寻找工作被迫
从农村涌进城市。3 术语)[V] to move from one
place to
another 移动；转移：The infected cells
then migrate to
other areas 〇/the body.受感染的细胞接着转
移到身体的其他部位。4 (aw?pwf/>7g计)[V，VN] to change, or cause sb to change, from
one computer system to another (使）转移（到另一计算机系统）5 (compwf/>jg 计）[VN] to move programs or hardware from
one computer system to another将（程序或硬件）违移，转
f(到，一系统）
mi-gra-tion
/mai'greij'n/ noun [U, C] 1 the movement of large
numbers of people, birds or animals from one place to another 迁移；移居;.迁徙:，seasonal migration 季节性迁徙◊ moss migmrions大规模的迁移2 the fact of changing from one
computer system to another; the act of moving programs, etc. from one computer
system to another (:计算机系统的）改变；（崔序或硬
彳f的）迁移，转移
mi-gra-tory /'maigratri;
mai'greitari; 'maigratoiri/ adj. {technical #■{§)
connected with, or having the habit of, regular migration 迁移的；迁徙的；移栖的：migra-
toiy/Ug/its/birds (候鸟）迁徙；候鸟
mi-kado /mi'kaidau; NAmE
-AonI noun {pi. -os)
(from Japanese) a title
given in the past to the emperor of