English Dictionary

middle of the road

形容詞

慣用表現 軽蔑的

(idiomatic) Having a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically. / (music, derogatory) Of a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.

日本語の意味

中道的な立場や思想を持ち、極端でなく穏健であること。 / （音楽用語として、批判的に）大衆に広く受け入れられる、平凡なかたちのポピュラーミュージック

The committee adopted a middle of the road approach to the proposed policy to help bridge the growing partisan divide.

委員会は、深刻化する党派の分断を埋めるために、提案された政策に中道的なアプローチを採用した。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Having a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically.

A typical middle of the road compromise is to leave the problem as it is.

意味（2）

(music, derogatory) Of a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.

Damon Albarn has disappointed fans expecting the third Adele album to take a drill’n’bass direction by saying that the tracks he has heard are “very middle of the road”.