middle-of-the-road

• 1. 

  ADJ If you describe someone's opinions or policies as middle-of-the- road, you mean that they are neither left wing nor right wing, and not at all extreme. 中立的

  例：

  Consensus need not be weak, nor need it result in middle-of-the-road policies.

  多数人的意见不一定就软弱，也不一定会导致中立的政策。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you describe something or someone as middle-of-the-road, you mean that they are ordinary or unexciting. 平庸的

  例：

  I actually don't want to be a middle-of-the-road person, married with a mortgage.

  我真的不想作一个平庸的人，结完婚，背着抵押贷款。