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

• Trouble was boiling up in the middle east.
  中东的纠纷日益加剧。
• 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。
• It swept through North Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
  这场瘟疫席卷了北非、中东和欧洲。
• The Middle East is the world's single most important source of oil.
  中东是世界上最为重要的一个产油地。
• Pakistan is located in South Asia that overlaps onto the Greater Middle East and Central Asia.
  巴基斯坦位于南亚地区，与中东和中亚部分地区重合。
• Can one even talk of stability in the Middle East as long as the conflict is still unsettled?
  冲突尚未解决，又何谈中东的稳定呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• They signed an agreement that parcelled out the Middle East into several spheres of influence.
  他们签订了一项协议，将中东瓜分为几个势力范围。
• 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。