| 单词 | happy medium |
| 释义 | > as lemmashappy medium happy medium n. the avoidance of extremes of behaviour; = golden mean n. 1; (more widely) an intermediate state which represents an agreeable balance or compromise between extremes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > happy medium merry meana1475 golden mediocrity?1510 middle mean1577 happy medium1629 chastity1712 1629 S. Austin Vrania ii. 69 'Twas not in vaine I made thee feele the horrors of thy paine; But as a happie medium to enforce Thy deadned soule the sooner to remorce. 1775 E. Pendleton Let. 24 Dec. in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 142 I hope some happy medium will be suggested to effect the purpose and make you easy. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. iii. 46 My father would say ‘yes’, Mr. Knightley, ‘no’; and Miss Bates and I that he is just the happy medium . View more context for this quotation 1901 G. Ade 40 Mod. Fables 51 Moral: only one in a thousand ever strikes the happy medium. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) x. 156 Ain't there no bloody happy medium? 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 28 May d10/2 Check out the..Access to Design program—a happy medium between hiring a decorator and DIYing it. < as lemmas |
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