Mideast是什么意思？

Mideast

英['mɪd'i:st] 美[mɪd'ist]

• n. 中东（一般泛指欧，亚，非三大洲连接的地区）；

例句

• Rice was expected to visit the Mideast on Tuesday. 赖斯将在周二是来中东访问. )
• The Mideast crisis would have accelerated. The China initiative could have been nipped in the bud. 中东危机可能加快速度,对中国的主动行动可能夭折.
• He insisted that there could be no linkage with other Mideast problems. 他坚持主张不把它与其他中东问题挂钩。
• He insisted that there could be no linkage with other Mideast problems... 他坚持主张不把它与其他中东问题挂钩。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic a
  "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"