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

• The trouble-ridden Middle East commands the attention of the world.
  中东是举世瞩目的多事地区。
• 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。
• 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。
• Foreign investors worry about corruption, mismanagement and security problems across North Africa and the Middle East.
  外国投资者都担心北非和中东的腐败、管理不善和安全问题。
• Trouble was boiling up in the middle east.
  中东的纠纷日益加剧。
• The Middle East has often been a theatre of war.
  中东这一地区一直战乱频仍。
• He will go to the Middle East next week to get the ball rolling again on peace talks
  他下周将前往中东，开始重启和谈。
• 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 highest rates are found in Africa and the Middle East.
  非洲和中东地区此种死亡率和伤害率最高。
• 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。