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A：May I take your order now?
      你们可以点菜了吗？

B：Yes, I think we’re ready to order. Elizabeth, what would you like to have?
      行，我想我们可以点菜了。伊丽莎白，你想来点什么？

C：I haven’t made up my mind yet. You order first, Donald.
      我还没决定呢。唐纳德，你先点吧。

medium的翻译

B：All right. I’ll start with chicken soup. Then I want a steak, medium rare. I’ll have a baked potato, green beans and an egg salad. I’ll order dessert later.
      好的。我先来个鸡汤，然后要一份牛排，嫩一点。要一份烤土豆片，青豆和一份鸡蛋色拉。待会儿我再要点甜食。

A：Yes, sir. And you, miss? What would you like to have?
      好的，先生。你呢，小姐？你想吃点什么？

C：I can’t decide. I don’t see anything I really like.
      我拿不定主意。我没看到什么我真喜欢的菜。

medium的解释

A：There are over thirty dishes to select from, miss.
      小姐，这儿有三十多种菜供您选择呢。

B：There ought to be something you like, Elizabeth.
      伊丽莎白，这儿一定有你喜欢的。

medium在线翻译

C：Well, I guess so. But I only see food that I don’t like. I don’t care for chicken and I can’t stand fish. Do you have any oysters?
      大概有吧。可我看到的尽是些我不喜欢的菜。我不喜欢吃鸡肉，鱼也不合我的口味。有牡蛎吗？

A：No, miss. I’m afraid not. How about some other seafood?
      没有，小姐。恐怕没有。别的海鲜怎么样？

C：Oysters are the only seafood I like. I dislike the rest.
      海鲜中我只喜欢牡蛎，其它的都不喜欢。

B：I wish I could think of something for you.
      真希望我能为你想出什么菜来。

A：May I suggest cream of tomato soup, steak with mushroom gravy, asparagus, and buttered cauliflower. For dessert—strawberry pie with ice cream?
      我给您推荐几个菜吧：奶油西红柿汤，蘑菇汁牛排，芦笋，黄油黄牙菜。至于甜食，冰激凌草莓馅饼您看怎么样？

medium

C：No, that isn’t my ideal of a good meal. I’ll have a hamburger. That’s my favorite dish. I have it every day.
      不行。那不是我理想的一顿美餐。我来一个汉堡包。我最喜欢吃汉堡包，每天都吃。

1. 中等的;中间的;中号的
    If something is of medium size, it is neither large nor small, but approximately half way between the two.

medium是什么意思

    e.g. A medium dose produces severe nausea within hours...
           中等剂量几小时之内会引发严重的恶心。
    e.g. He was of medium height with blond hair and light blue eyes.
           他中等身材，金发碧眼。

2. 中间的;平均的
    You use medium to describe something which is average in degree or amount, or approximately half way along a scale between two extremes.

    e.g. Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter and margarine.
           含钠量仅为中等水平的食物有面包、蛋糕、牛奶、黄油和人造黄油。
    e.g. ...a sweetish, medium-strength beer.
           中度甜啤酒

3. (颜色)不深不浅的，适中的
    If something is of a medium colour, it is neither light nor dark, but approximately half way between the two.

    e.g. Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes and very pale skin...
           安德烈娅有着深浅适中的棕发、灰色的眼睛和十分白皙的皮肤。
    e.g. When violet is added to the medium blue a particularly striking, warm coloration is created.
           在中蓝色中加入蓝紫色就形成了一种格外鲜艳夺目的暖色。

4. (表现)方式;(交流)手段
    A medium is a way or means of expressing your ideas or of communicating with people.

    e.g. In Sierra Leone, English is used as the medium of instruction for all primary education...
           在塞拉利昂，基础教育阶段全部用英语授课。
    e.g. But Artaud was increasingly dissatisfied with film as a medium.
           但是阿尔托对电影这种表现方式越来越不满。

5. 媒介;介质;媒介物
    A medium is a substance or material which is used for a particular purpose or in order to produce a particular effect.

    e.g. Blood is the medium in which oxygen is carried to all parts of the body...
           血液是将氧气输送到人体各个部位的媒介。
    e.g. Hyatt has found a way of creating these qualities using the more permanent medium of oil paint.
           海厄特已经找到产生这些特性的方法，那就是利用油彩这种更加持久的材料。

6. (自称能够在死者与生者之间传递信息的)巫师，灵媒
    A medium is a person who claims to be able to contact and speak to people who are dead, and to pass messages between them and people who are still alive.

7. see also: media

8. 中庸之道;折中办法
    If you strike or find a happy medium between two extreme and opposite courses of action, you find a sensible way of behaving that is somewhere between the two extremes.

    e.g. I still aim to strike a happy medium between producing football that's worth watching and getting results...
           我仍致力于打造这样一种球风——既具观赏性，又能得分，两全其美。
    e.g. It's very difficult to strike a happy medium and make it right for everybody.
           找到皆大欢喜的折中办法颇有难度。