follow a middle course meaning in English
采取折衷办法， 避免极端手段
Examples
- If many forces are acting simultaneously in different directions on any body , the direction of its motion will not correspond with any one of the forces , but will always follow a middle course , the summary of them , what is expressed in mechanics by the diagonal of the parallelogram of forces
如果同时有许多各种不相同的力作用于某一物体，该物体运动的方向不可能与任何一个力的运动的方向相符合而总是平均最短的方向，即力学所说的平行四边形的对角线。