| 释义 |
the Middle East
noun only singular (US also the Mideast)
■the area from the eastern Mediterranean to Iran, including Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq, and sometimes also Egypt 中东（指从地中海东部伸延至伊朗的这个区域，包括叙利亚、约旦、以色列、黎巴嫩、沙乌地阿拉伯、伊朗和伊拉克，有时也包括埃及）•He worked in the Middle East for ten years.他在中东工作了十年。 Compare the Far East |