the Middle East
剑桥词典
- the area from the eastern Mediterranean to Iran, including Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq, and sometimes also Egypt
中东(指从地中海东部至伊朗这一区域,包括叙利亚、约旦、以色列、黎巴嫩、沙特阿拉伯、伊朗和伊拉克,有时也包括埃及)
He worked in the Middle East for ten years . 他在中东工作了10年。
比较
the Far East 返回 the Middle East