Middle East

英 [ˈmɪdl iːst]

美 [ˈmɪdl iːst]

n.  中东(包括亚洲西南部和非洲东北部)

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 中东（包括亚洲西南部和非洲东北部）
  an area that covers SW Asia and NE Africa

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 中东；中东地区
  The Middle Eastis the area around the eastern Mediterranean that includes Iran and all the countries in Asia to the west and south-west of Iran.
  1. The two great rivers of the Middle East rise in the mountains of Turkey.
     中东地区的两大河流发源于土耳其境内的山脉。

双语例句

• Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement.
  埃及称寻求中东和解刻不容缓。
• What are the greatest sources of conflict in the Middle East?
  中东冲突的最重要原因是什么？
• This defeat shattered Napoleon's dreams of an empire in the Middle East and India.
  这次失败粉碎了拿破仑企图在中东和印度建立帝国的迷梦。
• President Hussein called on all countries in the Middle East to scrap nuclear or chemical weapons
  侯赛因总统号召中东所有国家放弃核武器和化学武器。
• Its strategic location extends from the Middle East ( Southwest Asia) to Southeast Europe.
  它跨越了中东（亚洲西南部）和欧洲东南部。
• Trouble was boiling up in the middle east.
  中东的纠纷日益加剧。
• And so we believe those same sectarian conflicts can be overcome in the Middle East and North Africa.
  因此我们相信，中东和北非那些同样的宗派冲突是可以克服的。
• They take care to follow the course of peace in the Middle East.
  他们密切注视着中东的和平进程。
• The situation in the Middle East has been a controversial topic for decades.
  数十年来，中东地区的形势一直是颇有争议的问题。
• The trouble-ridden Middle East commands the attention of the world.
  中东是举世瞩目的多事地区。