happy medium

快乐的媒介,幸福的媒介,幸福的介质,愉快的媒介

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- : a satisfactory compromise between two things that are related in such a way that one increases as the other decreases: We need to find a happy medium between conserving land and developing property.

nounsatisfying compromise

Synonyms

Batteries can be heavy so you need to strike a happy medium between battery power and weight.
The best cushioning is neither too hard nor too soft, hitting a happy medium characterized by soft and supportive and comfortable and lightweight.
I think that is a happy medium between the content regulation that some want and a complete free-for-all where these companies are unregulated whatsoever.
So, as far as Mexican officials like Peña Nieto are concerned, the goal is to keep their countrymen here — and keep them happy.
How do you celebrate when happy occasions are colored by loss and absence?
He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.
The church was not happy with his views, and there was talk of excommunication.
“We wish each and every one of you a happy and safe new year,” Giorgio said at the very end.
And that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
Cousin George's position is such a happy one, that conversation is to him a thing superfluous.
Liszt gazed at "his Hans," as he calls him, with the fondest pride, and seemed perfectly happy over his arrival.
M'Bongo and his whole court are now clothed, I am happy to say, at least to a certain extent.
He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.