middle way

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The middle of three paths.
  2. An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise.
    — Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale.
  3. The teaching of the Buddha of neither living in great excess nor in great asceticism.
  4. The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.

词形变化

middle ways plural Middle Way alternative

词源

From middle + way. Compare Dutch middelweg, German Mittelweg; compare also Latin via media.
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