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单词 midstream
释义
midstream
noun[U]
us
uk
/ˌmɪdˈstriːm/
themiddleof ariverwhere thewaterflowsfastest:
中流；河流中心
Theyslowlypaddledtheboatinto midstream.他们慢慢将船划到河流中央。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of watercourses
  • backwater
  • basin
  • confluence
  • delta
  • drainage basin
  • estuarine
  • firth
  • geyser
  • head
  • interbasin
  • interchannel
  • lock
  • lock-keeper
  • meander
  • mooring
  • reach
  • spring
  • tributary
  • water table
  • weir
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Idiom

in midstream
midstream
adverb
us
uk
/ˌmɪdˈstriːm/
in themiddleof anactivity, often one that isinterrupted
半途，中途
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of watercourses
  • backwater
  • basin
  • confluence
  • delta
  • drainage basin
  • estuarine
  • firth
  • geyser
  • head
  • interbasin
  • interchannel
  • lock
  • lock-keeper
  • meander
  • mooring
  • reach
  • spring
  • tributary
  • water table
  • weir
See more results »
(Definition ofmidstreamfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

midstream| American Dictionary

midstream
noun[U]
us
/ˈmɪdˈstrim/
themiddleof ariverwhere thewaterflowsfastest, orfig.themiddleof anactivity:
fig.Neverswitchsoftwarein midstream.
(Definition ofmidstreamfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

midstream| Business English

midstream
adjective,adverb
uk
/ˌmɪdˈstriːm/us
PRODUCTION
in themiddleof aparticularprocessorseriesofevents:
We are amidstreamcompanythatplaysasignificantrolein theoilandgasindustry.
In the comingyear, we will beconcentratingongrowingourmidstreamsales.
I don'tthinkwe shouldchangecommitteesmidstream.
Compare
downstream
upstream
(Definition ofmidstreamfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmidstream

midstream
He thought that he could change inmidstream.
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I pause there inmidstreamto make just one other point.
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We cannot have a system where a chap can change horses inmidstream—perhaps that is an appropriate metaphor in this case.
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Should we, inmidstream, change the rules which clearly apply to them now and which they knew would apply when they made the decision?
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Such a three-year grant would mean that activities would not be cut short inmidstream.
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I am situated inmidstreambetween the anglers and the footballers.
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We do not need lectures about parties changing course inmidstreamwithout elections.
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The difficulty here is that we cannot start changing our minds—to use an appropriate metaphor—inmidstream.
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We think that this is not the best moment to change horses inmidstream.
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In the circumstances it would have been extremely difficult to change that practice inmidstreamas it were.
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In other words, it is one of many cases where the tenant can readily and completely change his mind inmidstreambetween a new lease and a freehold.
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Rules cannot be changed inmidstream.
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Without this saving provision made by the amendment the blight procedure might simply stop inmidstreamleaving the owner-occupier in considerable uncertainty about the authority's intentions.
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Even if they were available, the cost of acquiring them would have to be added to the phenomenal abortive costs of stopping this project inmidstream.
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Statutory procedures were then inmidstream.
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