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n. (美国的)中西部

[经] 中西部




    midwest
    [ noun ]
    the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
    <noun.location>


    Midwest \Midwest\ n.
    The north central region of the U. S.

    Syn: Middle West.
    [WordNet 1.5]

    1. Light rain fell along the New England coastline early today and a wave of severe thunderstorms lashed the Midwest.
    2. In 1985, Illinois was the center of a massive Midwest salmonella outbreak in which more than 16,000 cases were confirmed.
    3. As of June 30, Midwest Financial had 4.5 million common shares outstanding.
    4. They fell 3.2 percent in the Midwest to 900,000 units and were off 2.8 percent in the South to 1.38 million units.
    5. Losses in the corn and soybean markets were limited, though, by a National Weather Service Forecast for warmer- and drier-than-normal conditions in the Midwest next week.
    6. But new forecasts of wetter-than-normal conditions in the Midwest over the new six to 10 days pushed soybean and corn futures prices higher because it may slow harvesting.
    7. The biggest increase was in the Midwest, where sales increased 26% to a rate of 129,000 after falling 23% in March.
    8. The Democratic presidential nominee invoked Truman's battling underdog memory across the Midwest as he pressed his argument that Bush is an elitist whose proposal to reduce the federal tax on capital gains would benefit primarily the wealthy.
    9. Median prices in the Midwest were $71,700, a 5.9 percent gain over the same quarter of 1988.
    10. Northwesterly winds of 15 to 25 mph with a few gusts to around 30 mph were common across the Midwest.
    11. "I had never been to America before _ just New York and L.A.," said the actor, who spent extensive time in the Midwest while filming "Kansas" and "Fresh Horses." Neither film was a box-office hit for McCarthy, who has appeared in "St.
    12. Help-wanted advertising reached a seven-year high in June, buoyed by economic gains in the Eastern states and the industrial areas of the Midwest.
    13. With an eye on new markets in the Midwest and West, Saks Fifth Avenue will spend $300 million over five years to modernize and expand, the retail fashion chain said.
    14. Summer rain fell along the East Coast early today from New York to North Carolina, cloudy skies and some fog blanketed parts of the Midwest, while clear skies and dry weather prevailed in most of the West.
    15. Between 199O and 2000, he predicts an 8 percent drop in the number of elderly migrating to Florida from the Northeast and Midwest.
    16. Soybean futures gave up most of the previous session's gains Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade, retreating along with corn futures prices as fears of an early freeze in the Midwest faded.
    17. Wiener on Monday announced the support of 13 other state party leaders from the Midwest.
    18. Snow fell across the West and the Midwest today after two people died in an Oregon storm that triggered road-closing mudslides and floods.
    19. He said the cuts would force some layoffs of Air Midwest's 150 employees at Kansas City, although he did not know how many.
    20. As with OTC market makers, stock quotes from Midwest exchange specialists would be included in calculating bid and offer prices displayed by the National Association of Securities Dealers' automated quotation system.
    21. The Chicago-based Midwest Stock Exchange, for example, last year accounted for 10.3 percent of the trading in NYSE stocks, up from 3.33 percent in 1979.
    22. In general, West Coast banks are expected to report dismal earnings and even losses for some, while Midwest banks outshine other regions.
    23. For reasons ranging from federalism to fatalism, the feelings stirred by the drought differ from the utter despair that gripped the agricultural Midwest as recently as 1984.
    24. Contracts for deferred delivery of corn finished moderately lower on selling linked to forecasts for continued good harvesting weather in the Midwest.
    25. The Northeast lacks economic diversity; the Midwest has it in spades.
    26. But the recent storms do signal that a change in the weather pattern could allow more rainy intervals over the Midwest than was the case for May and June.
    27. A former vice president of the failed Midwest Federal Savings and Loan was charged Wednesday with violating federal regulations in arranging a loan to the co-owner of a Miami resort.
    28. As the West Coast cold front pushes through the Midwest tonight and Wednesday, snow was expected across the Dakotas into Minnesota and Wisconsin.
    29. A heat wave that has struck the West and high temperatures in parts of the Midwest have underscored forecasts that there will be a mild drought this summer.
    30. But the retail price increases are likely to be far steeper in the upper Midwest, where milk for cheese production is in great demand, and in the Northeast, where milk supplies are particularly tight.
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