midst是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 中间， 当中，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then, perhaps, in the midst of a tribe in some Indian settlement on the shores of these almost unknown rivers, those whom I may call my friends await some providential intervention.
-- Thaouka, indeed, could have galloped swiftly enough, and reached the RIO in a few hours, but Thalcave would not leave his companions behind, alone in the midst of a desert.
-- They soon reached the station, and in their midst were two men carrying a corpse.
-- In England, in the midst of civilized countries, the new comer acquaints his host whence he comes and whither he is going; but here, by a refinement of delicacy, Michael and Sandy Patterson thought it a duty to make themselves known to the strangers who were about to receive their hospitality.
-- The station was far removed from the chief towns in the midst of the unfrequented districts of the Murray.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Sometimes I went and climbed the mountain and stood there in the midst of the tall pines, all alone in the terrible silence, with our little village in the distance, and the sky so blue, and the sun so bright, and an old ruined castle on the mountain-side, far away.
-- Perhaps it was that I seemed to come upon light in the midst of my gloom.
-- 'Oh I didn't like to disturb you, prince, in the midst of your private and doubtless most interesting personal reflec-tions.
-- 'You did a good action,' said the prince, 'for in the midst of his angry feelings you insinuated a kind thought into his heart.'
-- Now that he was in the midst of a talk they became more than ever anxious and perturbed.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He sat him-self down away from the ships with a face as dark as night, and his silver bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them.
-- His force was far both finest and most numerous, and in their midst was the king himself, all glo-rious in his armour of gleaming bronze foremost among the heroes, for he was the greatest king, and had most men under him.
-- If you would have me do battle with Menelaus, bid the Trojans and Achaeans take their seats, while he and I fight in their midst for Helen and all her wealth.
-- He bids the Trojans and Achaeans lay their armour upon the ground, while he and Menelaus fight in the midst of you for Helen and all her wealth.
-- The princes of the Achaeans are here present in the midst of you; let him, then, that will fight me stand forward as your champion against Hector.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Miss Statchell sang it at the schoolroom concert (in aid of the church lamps), and thereafter whenever one or two of the villagers were gathered together and the stranger appeared, a bar or so of this tune, more or less sharp or flat, was whistled in the midst of them.
-- Mr. Marvel retorted incoherently and, receding, was hidden by a bend in the road, but the mariner still stood magnificent in the midst of the way, until the approach of a butcher's cart dislodged him.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Occasionally he would stop; and in the midst of a breathing stillness, that the dull but increasing roar of the waterfall only served to render more impressive, he would listen with painful intenseness, to catch any sounds that might arise from the slumbering forest.
-- A man had better sleep without his scalp, than famish in the midst of plenty.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Here's the house broken into,' said the doctor, 'and a couple of men catch one moment's glimpse of a boy, in the midst of gunpowder smoke, and in all the distraction of alarm and darkness.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In the midst of the greatest composure of my mind, this would break out upon me like a storm, and make me wring my hands and weep like a child.
-- This furnished my thoughts with many very profitable reflections, and par-ticularly this one: How infinitely good that Providence is, which has provided, in its government of mankind, such narrow bounds to his sight and knowledge of things; and though he walks in the midst of so many thousand dangers, the sight of which, if discovered to him, would distract his mind and sink his spirits, he is kept serene and calm, by having the events of things hid from his eyes, and knowing nothing of the dangers which surround him.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The honour was readily granted, and he then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.
-- Elinor had just been congratulating herself, in the midst of her perplexity, that however difficult it might be to express herself properly by letter, it was at least preferable to giving the information by word of mouth, when her visitor entered, to force her upon this greatest exertion of all.
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