记忆方法
将“amid”与“midnight”联系起来记忆。想象在一个午夜时分，“mid”（中间）的某个地方发生着事情，而所有的活动都在“amid”（其中）进行，这样就能记住“amid”的意思是在……中间或其中。
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英语词源
- amid (prep.)
- late 14c., from amidde (c. 1200), from Old English on middan "in the middle," from dative singular of midde "mid, middle" (see middle); the phrase evidently was felt as "in (the) middle" and thus followed by a genitive case, and if this had endured we would follow it today with of. (See amidst for further evolution along this line).
The same applies to equivalents in Latin (in medio) and Greek (en meso), both originally adjective phrases which evolved to take the genitive case. But in later Old English on middan also was treated as a preposition and followed by dative. Used in compounds from early 13c. (such as amidships, attested from 1690s and retaining the genitive, as the compounds usually did in early Middle English, suggesting this one is considerably older than the written record of it.)
权威例句
- 1. They announced, amid much ballyhoo, that they had made a breakthrough.
- 在一通大吹大擂中，他们宣布自己取得了突破。
- 2. Dr Amid was assisted by a young Asian nurse.
- 阿米德医生的助手是一位年轻的亚裔护士。
- 3. Amid the trees the sea mist was dripping.
- 林子里弥漫着湿漉漉的海雾。
- 4. Children were changing classrooms amid laughter and shouts.
- 孩子们在欢笑声和喊叫声中换教室。
- 5. Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area.
- 阿米德医生在敏感区周围检查。